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
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock
Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
Goff
Hans Reiser
Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer
Stratwitch
William Russell
Sorren
Robert Freitag
Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
Preissen
George Mikell
Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond
Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe
Frick
Heinz Weiss
Kramer
Tom Adams
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty
S.S. Officer Steinach
Crew
John Sturges
Director, Producer
James Clavell
Screenplay, Producer
W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
Paul Brickhill
Novel
Ferris Webster
Editor
Don Tomlinson
Assistant Editor
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Jack N. Reddish
Assistant Director
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Bert Henrikson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jay Sebring
Hair Designer
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
A. Paul Pollard
Special Effects
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Sam Freed Jr.
Musician
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Kurt Ripberger
Set Decoration
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Roy Jenson
Stunts
Steve McQueen
Stunt Driver
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Frank Agnone
Property Master
Robert E. Relyea
Production Office Assistant
Fernando Carrere
Art Direction
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