
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.
Charles BronsonFlight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King" (Flight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King")
Roy Jenson
Chuck Hayward
Richard AttenboroughSquadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X" (Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X")
James GarnerFlight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger" (Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger")Paul Brickhill, who wrote the book from which the film is based, was piloting a Spitfire aircraft that was shot down over Tunisia in March 1943. He was taken to Stalag Luft III in Germany, where he assisted in the escape preparations.
Bartlett:
One has to ask some very strange things in the job I have.
Factual errors: While there were Americans in the camp when the escape preparations were begun, in real life none of them were among the 76 who escaped because they had all been transferred to another camp by then.
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