NR
173 min -
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War -
20 June 1963
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.
Director:
John Sturges
Stars:
James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, David McCallum, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Angus Lennie, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Nigel Stock, Hannes Messemer, Robert Graf, William Russell, Tom Adams, Lawrence Montaigne, Robert Desmond, Robert Freitag, Hans Reiser, Jud Taylor, Harry Riebauer, Ulrich Beiger, George Mikell, Til Kiwe, Heinz Weiss, Karl-Otto Alberty
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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Tagline:
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
