Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
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.
$4,000,000
$11,700,000
July 3, 1963
The Mirisch Company, United Artists
27 people
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Acting
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Acting
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
Acting
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Acting
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
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Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
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James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
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Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
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David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
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Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
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John Leyton
Willie 'Tunnel King'
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Angus Lennie
Ives 'The Mole'
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