The Great Escape (1963)

Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.

John Sturges

James Clavell Paul Brickhill W.R. Burnett

Angus Lennie Charles Bronson David McCallum Donald Pleasence Gordon Jackson Hannes Messemer Hans Reiser Harry Riebauer James Clavell James Coburn James Donald James Garner John Leyton John Sturges Jud Taylor Nigel Stock Paul Brickhill Richard Attenborough Robert Graf Steve McQueen W.R. Burnett William Russell