Cast and credits of The Great Escape

Directed by

John Sturges

Starring (View all) :

Steve McQueen

Capt. Hilts The Cooler King

James Garner

Flight Lt. Hendley The Scrounger

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett Big X

James Donald

Group Capt. Ramsey The SBO

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Flight Lt. Danny Velinski The Tunnel King

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Flight Lt. Colin Blythe The Forger

James Coburn

Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick The Manufacturer

Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

Kommandant von Luger

David McCallum

Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt Dispersal

Gordon Jackson

Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald Intelligence

John Leyton

Flight Lt. William Dickes The Tunneler

Angus Lennie

Flying Officer Archibald Ives The Mole

Nigel Stock

Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish The Surveyor

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

Jud Taylor

Goff

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

William Russell

William Russell

Sorren

Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

Ulrich Beiger

Preissen

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Til Kiwe

Frick

Heinz Weiss

Kramer

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty

Karl-Otto Alberty

Steinach

Written by (View all) :

Paul Brickhill

(book)

James Clavell

(screenplay) and

W.R. Burnett

(screenplay)