The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Steve McQueen Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor Goff
Hans Reiser Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer Stratwitch
William Russell Sorren
Robert Freitag Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger Preissen
George Mikell Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe Frick
Heinz Weiss Kramer
Tom Adams Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty S.S. Officer Steinach