The Great Escape

Plot: Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist type prisoners of war are all put in an 'escape proof' camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe. Runtime: 172 mins Release Date: 03 Jul 1963 Starcast: Steve McQueen , James Garner , Richard Attenborough , James Donald , Charles Bronson , Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum , Gordon Jackson , John Leyton , Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock , Robert Graf , Jud Taylor , Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer , William Russell , Robert Freitag , Ulrich Beiger , George Mikell , Lawrence Montaigne , Robert Desmond , Til Kiwe , Heinz Weiss , Tom Adams , Karl-Otto Alberty, Director(s): John Sturges Genre: Adventure , Drama , History , War, , Tags: tunnel , escape