Cast and crew
The Great Escape (1963)
27 cast and 28 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast27
Steve McQueenHilts 'The Cooler King'
James GarnerHendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard AttenboroughBartlett 'Big X'
James DonaldRamsey 'The SBO'
Charles BronsonDanny 'Tunnel King'
Donald PleasenceBlythe 'The Forger'
James CoburnSedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes MessemerVon Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallumAshley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon JacksonMacDonald 'Intelligence'
John LeytonWillie 'Tunnel King'
Angus LennieIves 'The Mole'
Nigel StockCavendish 'The Surveyor'- Robert GrafWerner 'The Ferret'
Jud TaylorGoff- Hans ReiserHerr Kuhn
- Harry RiebauerStratwitch
- William RussellSorren
- Robert FreitagCapt. Posen
- Ulrich BeigerPreissen
- George MikellLt. Dietrich
- Lawrence MontaigneHaynes ('Diversions')
- Robert DesmondGriffith 'Tailor'
- Til KiweFrick
- Heinz WeissKramer
- Tom AdamsDai Nimmo ('Diversions')
- Karl-Otto AlbertyS.S. Officer Steinach
Crew28
Directing
- John SturgesDirector
- Jack N. ReddishAssistant Director
- John FrancoScript Supervisor
Writing
- James ClavellScreenplay
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
- Paul BrickhillNovel
Production
- John SturgesProducer
- James ClavellProducer
- Walter MirischExecutive Producer
- Allen K. WoodProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Daniel L. FappDirector of Photography
Editing
- Ferris WebsterEditor
- Don TomlinsonAssistant Editor
Sound and music
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Wayne FurySound Effects Editor
- Richard CarruthMusic Editor
- Sam Freed Jr.Musician
Art
- Fernando CarrereArt Direction
- Kurt RipbergerSet Decoration
- Frank AgnoneProperty Master
Costume and make-up
- Jay SebringHair Designer
- Bert HenriksonWardrobe Supervisor
- Emile LaVigneMakeup Artist
Crew
- Loren JanesStunt Double
- Robert E. RelyeaProduction Office Assistant
- A. Paul PollardSpecial Effects
- Steve McQueenStunt Driver
- Roy JensonStunts