Overview - The Great Escape

Date of release

Genres

  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • War

Runtime: 173 minutes

Homepage: The Great Escape

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$11,700,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Pусский

Production companies

  • Name: The Mirisch Company

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: United Artists

    Production country United States of America

Overview

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Cast

  • Name: Steve McQueen

    Character: Hilts 'The Cooler King'

    Popularity: 11.726

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  • Name: James Garner

    Character: Hendley 'The Scrounger'

    Popularity: 17.669

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  • Name: Richard Attenborough

    Character: Bartlett 'Big X'

    Popularity: 8.407

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  • Name: James Donald

    Character: Ramsey 'The SBO'

    Popularity: 6.738

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  • Name: Charles Bronson

    Character: Danny 'Tunnel King'

    Popularity: 35.011

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  • Name: Donald Pleasence

    Character: Blythe 'The Forger'

    Popularity: 17.088

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  • Name: James Coburn

    Character: Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

    Popularity: 14.66

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  • Name: Hannes Messemer

    Character: Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

    Popularity: 3.38

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