The Great Escape (1963)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Great Escape |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
Cast
Steve McQueen
Hilts "The Cooler King"
James Garner
Hendley "The Scrounger"
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett "Big X"
James Donald
Ramsey "The SBO"
Charles Bronson
Danny Velinsky "Tunnel King"
Donald Pleasence
Blythe "The Forger"
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Music | |
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| Film Editor |
Cast
| Steve McQueen | Hilts "The Cooler King" | ||
| James Garner | Hendley "The Scrounger" | ||
| Richard Attenborough | Bartlett "Big X" | ||
| James Donald | Ramsey "The SBO" | ||
| Charles Bronson | Danny Velinsky "Tunnel King" | ||
| Donald Pleasence | Blythe "The Forger" | ||
| James Coburn | Sedgwick "Manufacturer" | ||
| John Leyton | Willie "Tunnel King" | ||
| Gordon Jackson | MacDonald "Intelligence" | ||
| David McCallum | Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal" | ||
| Nigel Stock | Cavendish "The Surveyor" | ||
| William D. Russell | Sorren | ||
| Angus Lennie | Ives "The Mole" | ||
| Tom Adams | Nimmo | ||
| Robert Desmond | Griffith | ||
| Lawrence Montaigne | Haynes | ||
| Judson Taylor (as Jud Taylor) | Goff | ||
| Hannes Messemer | von Luger, kommendanten | ||
| Robert Graf | Werner "The Ferrett" | ||
| Harry Riebauer | Strachwitz | ||
| Robert Freitag (as Robert Freytag) | Posen | ||
| Heinz Weiss | Kramer | ||
| Til Kiwe | Frick | ||
| Hans Reisser | Kuhn | ||
| George Mikell | Dietrich | ||
| Ulrich Beiger | Preissen | ||
| Karl-Otto Alberty | Steinbach |
Companies
| Production Company | The Mirisch Corporation | ||
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| Alpha Corp. | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | United Artists AB |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 119137 |
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| Date | 1978-06-06 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 55 meters |
| Notes | Trailer. |
| Censorship number | 101009 |
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| Date | 1963-08-20 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 4745 meters |
| Notes | Aktindelning: 480-535-500-550-435-560-525-565-595 = 4745 m. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 (Panavision) |
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| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | DeLuxe Color |
| Frames per second | 24 |
Original work
Release dates
| Release in Stockholm | 1963-09-21 | Rigoletto | Sweden | 173 min | ||
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| TV showing | 1999-01-05 | TV4 | Sweden | |||
| 2001-04-07 | TV3 | Sweden | ||||
| 2005-05-19 | SVT2 | Sweden |
Related films
| Precious Images (1986) | The Great Escape (1963) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 4667 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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