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The Great Escape
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Director (1)
Writers (3)
Cast (28)
Producers (3)
Composer (1)
Cinematographer (1)
Editor (1)
Art Director (1)
Set Decorator (1)
Makeup Department (2)
Production Management (2)
Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors (3)
Art Department (2)
Sound Department (1)
Special Effects (1)
Stunts (10)
Camera and Electrical Department (2)
Costume Department (1)
Editorial Department (1)
Music Department (61)
Script and Continuity Department (1)
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Director
John Sturges
John Sturges
Writers
Paul Brickhill
Paul Brickhill
based on the book by
James Clavell
James Clavell
screen play by and
W.R. Burnett
W.R. Burnett
screen play by
Cast
(in credits order) verified as complete
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
John Leyton
Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie
Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock
Nigel Stock
Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
Robert Graf
Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
Jud Taylor
Goff
Hans Reiser
Hans Reiser
Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer
Harry Riebauer
Strachwitz
William Russell
William Russell
Sorren
Robert Freitag
Robert Freitag
Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
Ulrich Beiger
Preissen
George Mikell
George Mikell
Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
Lawrence Montaigne
Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond
Robert Desmond
Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe
Til Kiwe
Frick
Heinz Weiss
Heinz Weiss
Kramer
Tom Adams
Tom Adams
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty
Karl-Otto Alberty
S.S. Officer Steinach
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Arthur Atkinson
Arthur Atkinson
British Officer Charlie
(uncredited)
Producers
James Clavell
James Clavell
producer (uncredited)
Walter Mirisch
Walter Mirisch
executive producer (uncredited)
John Sturges
John Sturges
producer
Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematographer
Daniel L. Fapp
Daniel L. Fapp
director of photography
Editor
Ferris Webster
Ferris Webster
Art Director
Fernando Carrere
Fernando Carrere
Set Decorator
Kurt Ripberger
Kurt Ripberger
Makeup Department
Emile LaVigne
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist
Jay Sebring
Jay Sebring
hair designer: Steve McQueen, James Garner (uncredited)
Production Management
Allen K. Wood
Allen K. Wood
production supervisor
Hubert Fröhlich
Hubert Fröhlich
production manager (uncredited)
Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors
Jack N. Reddish
Jack N. Reddish
assistant director
John Flynn
John Flynn
assistant director (uncredited)
Robert E. Relyea
Robert E. Relyea
second unit director (uncredited)
Art Department
Frank Agnone
Frank Agnone
property
Frank McCarthy
Frank McCarthy
poster artist (uncredited)
Sound Department
Wayne Fury
Wayne Fury
sound effects editor
Special Effects
A. Paul Pollard
A. Paul Pollard
special effects (as Paul Pollard)
Stunts
Bud Ekins
Bud Ekins
stunt double: Steve McQueen, motorcycle jump (uncredited)
Tim Gibbes
Tim Gibbes
stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Chuck Hayward
stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes
Loren Janes
stunt double: Steve McQueen (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Roy Jenson
stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin
Carey Loftin
stunts (uncredited)
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stunt driver (uncredited)
Robert E. Relyea
Robert E. Relyea
stunt pilot (uncredited)
Roy Scammell
Roy Scammell
stunt team (uncredited)
Roy N. Sickner
Roy N. Sickner
stunts (uncredited)
Camera and Electrical Department
Léo L. Fuchs
Léo L. Fuchs
still photographer (uncredited)
Lothar Winkler
Lothar Winkler
still photographer (uncredited)
Costume Department
Bert Henrikson
Bert Henrikson
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Don Tomlinson
Don Tomlinson
assistant film editor
Music Department
Richard Carruth
Richard Carruth
music editor
Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen
music copyist (uncredited)
Lloyd Basham
Lloyd Basham
music copyist (uncredited)
Saundra Berkova
Saundra Berkova
musician: violin (uncredited)
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
conductor (uncredited)
Harold Brown
Harold Brown
musician: bass (uncredited)
Herman Clebanoff
Herman Clebanoff
musician: violin (uncredited)
Manuel Compinsky
Manuel Compinsky
musician: violin (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa
Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Joseph Difiore
Joseph Difiore
musician: viola (uncredited)
Script and Continuity Department
John Franco
John Franco
script supervisor
Additional Crew
Robert E. Relyea
Robert E. Relyea
assistant to producer
Wally Floody
Wally Floody
technical advisor (uncredited)
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
voice dubbing: Hannes Messemer (french version) (uncredited)
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