The Great Escape (1963) Repost

Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.

IMDb User Rating: 8.4/10
More Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115






Main Cast:

Steve McQueen … Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King".
James Garner … Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger".
Richard Attenborough … Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X".
James Donald … Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO".
Charles Bronson … Flight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King".
Donald Pleasence … Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger".
James Coburn … Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer".
Hannes Messemer … Kommandant von Luger.
David McCallum … Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal".
Gordon Jackson … Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence".
John Leyton … Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler".
Angus Lennie … Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole".
Nigel Stock … Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor".
Robert Graf … Werner 'The Ferret'.
Jud Taylor … Goff.

Director: John Sturges.