The Great Escape

Adventure, War

Richard Attenborough	Roger Bartlett
Charles Bronson	Danny Willinski
James Coburn	Louis Sedgwick
James Donald	Rupert Ramsey
James Garner	Bob Anthony Hendley
Gordon Jackson	Andy MacDonald
David McCallum	Eric Ashley-Pitt
Steve McQueen	Virgil Hilts
Donald Pleasence	Colin Blythe
Jud Taylor	Goff
Hannes Messemer	Col. von Luger

Director	John Sturges
Producer	John Sturges; James Clavell
Writer	James Clavell; Paul Brickhill
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp
Musician	Elmer Bernstein

This is a true story. During WWII, the Nazis combed their POW camps and extracted the best escape artists, sending them to a maximum-security camp called "Stalag Luft". Here, the prisoners were encouraged to quietly wait out the war, expending their energy on recreational activities provided to them instead of escaping. However, these born escape artists (mostly British and some American officers) cannot help themselves. Almost immediately they begin to hatch a colossal escape plan that will free more men in a single night than has ever been done before. This movie chronicles the incredible planning, detail, and determination that went into this complicated escape. It also follows each man involved in the plan from its inception to the outcome of their great escape.