Directed by:
John SturgesCinematography:
Daniel L. FappComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum (more)VOD (1)
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In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Steve McQueen
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Great Escape (1963)
James Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Maverick (1994)
The Notebook (2004)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
James Donald
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Lust for Life (1956)
Charles Bronson
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
James Coburn
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Hannes Messemer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
David McCallum
UK
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
The Great Escape (1963)
Freud (1962)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
John Leyton
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
Angus Lennie
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Nigel Stock
Malta
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Never Let Go (1960)
Robert Graf
German Empire
Best movies:
Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
The Great Escape (1963)
Der Fälscher von London (1961)
Jud Taylor
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Attack (1956)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hans Reiser
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Harry Riebauer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Possession (1981)
William Russell
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Robert Freitag
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Longest Day (1962)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - a.f.
Ulrich Beiger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Little Vampire (1968)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1959)