The Great Escape

Adventure, War

Steve McQueen	Virgil Hilts
James Garner	Bob Anthony Hendley
Richard Attenborough	Roger Bartlett
Charles Bronson	Danny Willinski
Donald Pleasence	Colin Blythe
James Coburn	Louis Sedgwick
James Donald	Rupert Ramsey
Gordon Jackson	Andy MacDonald
David McCallum	Eric Ashley-Pitt
Jud Taylor	Goff
Hannes Messemer	Colonel Von Luger
John Leyton	William Dickes
Angus Lennie	Archiald Ives
Nigel Stock	Denys Cavendish
Robert Graf	Werner

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

The Great Escape image of Steve McQueen (as "The Cooler King") astride his motorcycle has entered silver-screen iconography, alongside Brando on his bike from The Wild One. Based on a true story about a group of POWs who mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi prison camp, this rousing and suspenseful WWII epic features an all-star cast, including James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and David McCallum. The DVD also includes a 24-minute documentary about the making of the film. --Jim Emerson