The Great Escape
- Release Date
- June 20, 1963
- Director
- John Sturges
- Cast
- Steve McQueen , James Garner , Richard Attenborough , James Donald , Charles Bronson , Donald Pleasence
- Runtime
- 172
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Writers
- Paul Brickhill , James Clavell , W.R. Burnett
- Tagline
- Put a fence in front of these men...and they'll climb it...
Summary
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.
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