The Great Escape (1963) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Sturges.

Cast

• Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
• James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
• Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X'
• James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO'
• Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King'
• Donald Pleasence as Blythe 'The Forger'
• James Coburn as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
• Hannes Messemer as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
• David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
• Gordon Jackson as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
• John Leyton as Willie 'Tunnel King'
• Angus Lennie as Ives 'The Mole'
• Nigel Stock as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
• Robert Graf as Werner 'The Ferret'
• Jud Taylor as Goff
• Hans Reiser as Herr Kuhn
• Harry Riebauer as Stratwitch
• William Russell as Sorren
• Robert Freitag as Capt. Posen
• Ulrich Beiger as Preissen
• George Mikell as Lt. Dietrich
• Lawrence Montaigne as Haynes ('Diversions')
• Robert Desmond as Griffith 'Tailor'
• Til Kiwe as Frick
• Heinz Weiss as Kramer
• Tom Adams as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
• Karl-Otto Alberty as S.S. Officer Steinach

Crew

• John Sturges — Director
• James Clavell — Screenplay
• John Sturges — Producer
• Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
• W.R. Burnett — Screenplay
• James Clavell — Producer
• Paul Brickhill — Novel
• Daniel L. Fapp — Director of Photography

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