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title: "The Great Escape: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 28
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# The Great Escape (1963): cast and crew

27 cast and 28 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Steve McQueen](https://film.one/person/steve-mcqueen-13565.md) as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
- [James Garner](https://film.one/person/james-garner.md) as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
- [Richard Attenborough](https://film.one/person/richard-attenborough.md) as Bartlett 'Big X'
- [James Donald](https://film.one/person/james-donald.md) as Ramsey 'The SBO'
- [Charles Bronson](https://film.one/person/charles-bronson.md) as Danny 'Tunnel King'
- [Donald Pleasence](https://film.one/person/donald-pleasence.md) as Blythe 'The Forger'
- [James Coburn](https://film.one/person/james-coburn.md) as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
- [Hannes Messemer](https://film.one/person/hannes-messemer.md) as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
- [David McCallum](https://film.one/person/david-mccallum.md) as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
- [Gordon Jackson](https://film.one/person/gordon-jackson.md) as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
- [John Leyton](https://film.one/person/john-leyton.md) as Willie 'Tunnel King'
- [Angus Lennie](https://film.one/person/angus-lennie.md) as Ives 'The Mole'
- Nigel Stock as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
- Robert Graf as Werner 'The Ferret'
- [Jud Taylor](https://film.one/person/jud-taylor.md) as Goff
- Hans Reiser as Herr Kuhn
- Harry Riebauer as Stratwitch
- William Russell as Sorren
- Robert Freitag as Capt. Posen
- Ulrich Beiger as Preissen
- George Mikell as Lt. Dietrich
- Lawrence Montaigne as Haynes ('Diversions')
- Robert Desmond as Griffith 'Tailor'
- Til Kiwe as Frick
- Heinz Weiss as Kramer
- Tom Adams as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
- Karl-Otto Alberty as S.S. Officer Steinach

## Directing

- [John Sturges](https://film.one/person/john-sturges.md): Director
- Jack N. Reddish: Assistant Director
- John Franco: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [James Clavell](https://film.one/person/james-clavell.md): Screenplay
- [W.R. Burnett](https://film.one/person/w-r-burnett.md): Screenplay
- Paul Brickhill: Novel

## Production

- [John Sturges](https://film.one/person/john-sturges.md): Producer
- [James Clavell](https://film.one/person/james-clavell.md): Producer
- Walter Mirisch: Executive Producer
- Allen K. Wood: Production Supervisor

## Camera

- [Daniel L. Fapp](https://film.one/person/daniel-l-fapp.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ferris Webster](https://film.one/person/ferris-webster.md): Editor
- Don Tomlinson: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Elmer Bernstein](https://film.one/person/elmer-bernstein.md): Original Music Composer
- Wayne Fury: Sound Effects Editor
- Richard Carruth: Music Editor
- Sam Freed Jr.: Musician

## Art

- Fernando Carrere: Art Direction
- Kurt Ripberger: Set Decoration
- Frank Agnone: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Jay Sebring: Hair Designer
- Bert Henrikson: Wardrobe Supervisor
- Emile LaVigne: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Loren Janes: Stunt Double
- Robert E. Relyea: Production Office Assistant
- A. Paul Pollard: Special Effects
- [Steve McQueen](https://film.one/person/steve-mcqueen-13565.md): Stunt Driver
- [Roy Jenson](https://film.one/person/roy-jenson.md): Stunts

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