Top Billed Cast
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock
Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
Goff
Hans Reiser
Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer
Stratwitch
William Russell
Sorren
Robert Freitag
Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
Preissen
George Mikell
Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond
Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe
Frick
Heinz Weiss
Kramer
Tom Adams
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty
S.S. Officer Steinach
Social
Review 3DiscussionA review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on Mon Sep 02 2019
Media
Videos 9Backdrops 22Posters 91Recommendations
- 1960-10-12
The Magnificent Seven75%
- 1963-05-28
Hud73%
- 1974-12-14
The Towering Inferno70%
- 1973-12-16
Papillon78%
- 1957-10-11
The Bridge on the River Kwai78%
- 2013-11-28
Still Life75%
- 1968-10-17
Bullitt72%
- 1961-04-27
The Guns of Navarone73%
- 2000-12-16
Battle Royale73%
- 1940-01-18
His Girl Friday74%
- 1977-06-15
A Bridge Too Far72%
- 1962-12-11
Lawrence of Arabia80%
- 1980-03-07
Coal Miner's Daughter73%
- 1995-09-21
The Star Maker71%
- 1950-07-19
Treasure Island65%
- 2007-11-23
He Was a Quiet Man64%
- 2015-12-10
Long Way North74%
- 1976-04-06
The Bad News Bears69%
- 2015-09-12
He Named Me Malala67%
- 1976-12-24
The Eagle Has Landed66%
Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
4000000.00
Revenue
11700000.00
Keywords
- prison
- epic
- uniform
- swastika
- prisoner
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- escape
- optimism
- freedom
- machinegun
- switzerland
- shower
- dystopia
- baseball
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- claustrophobia
- attempt to escape
- barbed wire
- based on true story
- prison guard
- prison escape
- tragedy
- solitary confinement
- motorcycle
- alps mountains
- british officer
- 1940s
- luftwaffe
- soldiers
- ww2
- nazis
- wwii