Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
The Mirisch Company, United Artists
The Great Escape
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
Genre:
Adventure, Drama, War
Runtime:
173
Released:
1963
Rating:
7.943
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
James Clavell, Paul Brickhill, W.R. Burnett
FILM OVERVIEW
The Great Escape
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.
DIRECTOR
John Sturges
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
James Clavell (Screenplay)
John Sturges (Director)
John Sturges (Producer)
James Clavell (Producer)
Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer)
Daniel L. Fapp (Director of Photography)
Paul Brickhill (Novel)
W.R. Burnett (Screenplay)
Fernando Carrere (Art Direction)
Ferris Webster (Editor)
CAST MEMBERS
Steve McQueen
James Garner
Richard Attenborough
James Donald
Charles Bronson
Donald Pleasence
James Coburn
Hannes Messemer
David McCallum
Gordon Jackson
MORE PRODUCTION
Walter Mirisch (Executive Producer), Jay Sebring (Hair Designer), Loren Janes (Stunt Double), Jack N. Reddish (Assistant Director), John Franco (Script Supervisor), Richard Carruth (Music Editor), Allen K. Wood (Production Supervisor), Robert E. Relyea (Production Office Assistant), Frank Agnone (Property Master), Don Tomlinson (Assistant Editor), Wayne Fury (Sound Effects Editor), Kurt Ripberger (Set Decoration), Emile LaVigne (Makeup Artist), A. Paul Pollard (Special Effects), Bert Henrikson (Wardrobe Supervisor), Steve McQueen (Stunt Driver), Roy Jenson (Stunts), Sam Freed Jr. (Musician)
MORE CAST
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
