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The Great Escape Cast & Characters

The Great Escape (1963) stars Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King', James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger' and Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X'. The adventure movie was released July 4, 1963. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1963 · 2h 53m 79 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

John Sturges

Screenplay

James Clavell , W.R. Burnett

Based on

Paul Brickhill

Producers

John Sturges , James Clavell , Walter Mirisch

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Daniel L. Fapp

Editor

Ferris Webster

Full cast

27 cast members

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

Ramsey 'The SBO'

Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

Willie 'Tunnel King'

Ives 'The Mole'

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Werner 'The Ferret'

William Russell

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Griffith 'Tailor'

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach

Crew by department

28 crew members

Directing

Jack N. Reddish

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Writing

Production

Executive Producer

Production Supervisor

Editing

Don Tomlinson

Assistant Editor

Sound

Sound Effects Editor

Music

Richard Carruth

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Art

Fernando Carrere

Kurt Ripberger

Set Decoration

Property Master

Visual Effects

A. Paul Pollard

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Wardrobe Supervisor

Other

Script Supervisor

Robert E. Relyea

Production Office Assistant