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Duration: 2 hours, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

WWII classic about a mass escape attempt by Allied POWs from a supposedly escape-proof German camp. Their plan to liberate hundreds of prisoners soon runs into difficulties. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Sturges
Hilts 'The Cooler King':
Steve McQueen
Hendley 'The Scrounger':
James Garner
Bartlett 'Big X':
Richard Attenborough
Danny 'Tunnel King':
Charles Bronson
Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer':
James Coburn
Blythe 'The Forger':
Donald Pleasence
Ramsey 'The SBO':
James Donald
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal':
David McCallum
MacDonald 'Intelligence':
Gordon Jackson
Von Luger 'The Kommandant':
Hannes Messemer
Willie 'Tunnel King':
John Leyton
Ives 'The Mole':
Angus Lennie
Cavendish 'The Surveyor':
Nigel Stock
Werner 'The Ferret':
Robert Graf