La gran evasión (1963)
En 1943 los nazis, exasperados por el número de fugas de sus prisiones por un número relativamente pequeño de prisioneros aliados, deciden trasladarlos a todos a una prisión de alta seguridad "a prueba de fugas" durante el resto de la guerra. Los presos no tardan en trazar el plan de uno de los intentos de fuga más ambiciosos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Basado en una historia real.
Directora:
John Sturges
Escritores:
James Clavell, W.R. Burnett.
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Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King' |
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James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger' |
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Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X' |
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James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO' |
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Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King' |
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Donald Pleasence as Blythe 'The Forger' |
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James Coburn as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer' |
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Hannes Messemer as Von Luger 'The Kommandant' |
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David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' |
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Gordon Jackson as MacDonald 'Intelligence' |
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John Leyton as Willie 'Tunnel King' |
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Angus Lennie as Ives 'The Mole' |
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Nigel Stock as Cavendish 'The Surveyor' |
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Robert Graf as Werner 'The Ferret' |
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Jud Taylor as Goff |
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Hans Reiser as Herr Kuhn |
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Harry Riebauer as Stratwitch |
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William Russell as Sorren |
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Robert Freitag as Capt. Posen |
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Ulrich Beiger as Preissen |
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George Mikell as Lt. Dietrich |
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Lawrence Montaigne as Haynes ('Diversions') |
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Robert Desmond as Griffith 'Tailor' |
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Til Kiwe as Frick |
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Heinz Weiss as Kramer |
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Tom Adams as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions') |
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Karl-Otto Alberty as S.S. Officer Steinach |
| Production | John Sturges | Producer |
| Directing | John Sturges | Director |
| Writing | James Clavell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Brickhill | Novel |
| Writing | W.R. Burnett | Screenplay |
| Production | James Clavell | Producer |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ferris Webster | Editor |
| Art | Fernando Carrere | Art Direction |
| Production | Walter Mirisch | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jay Sebring | Hair Designer |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Robert E. Relyea | Production Office Assistant |
| Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Jack N. Reddish | Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard Carruth | Music Editor |
| Sound | Wayne Fury | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Kurt Ripberger | Set Decoration |
| Art | Frank Agnone | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | A. Paul Pollard | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bert Henrikson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Don Tomlinson | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Steve McQueen | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Roy Jenson | Stunts |
| Sound | Sam Freed Jr. | Musician |