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 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.
In 1942, the Germans have built what they consider an escape-proof P.O.W. camp, where they plan to house all the problem P.O.W.s (those that have made multiple escape attempts in the past). What the Germans dont realize is that theyve put all the best escape minds in one location. If they cant escape, these P.O.W.s believe it is their military duty to make the enemy place as much effort into their confinement as possible to divert them from other war-related pursuits. Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Bartlett plans not just a one or two man escape at a time like most escape attempts in the past have been, but a massive escape of two hundred fifty men through a series of tunnels. If one tunnel is found, they can focus on the others. Each escapee will be provided with a complete set of forged documents and standard clothing. With their reputations preceding them, each P.O.W. is assigned a specific task in carrying out the plan. Somewhat outside of the plot are Captain Hilts and Flying Officer Ives, who spent their first thirty days in camp in the cooler together. They who are unofficially assigned as the decoys who will make more rudimentary escape attempts. They ask Hilts to make a more serious task of reconnaissance of the local town if he ever does successfully escape, which of course means his recapture to bring the information back into camp and more time in the cooler. Beyond basic logistical problems and the Germans finding out whats going on, they have potential problems in certain P.O.W.s who may become liabilities dealing with their own personal issues.
 
		 Steve McQueen 
 Hilts 'The Cooler King'
 
		 James Garner 
 Hendley 'The Scrounger'
 
		 Richard Attenborough 
 Bartlett 'Big X'
 
		 Charles Bronson 
 Danny 'Tunnel King'
 
		 James Donald 
 Ramsey 'The SBO'
 
		 Donald Pleasence 
 Blythe 'The Forger'
 
		 James Coburn 
 Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
 
		 Hannes Messemer 
 Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
 
		 David McCallum 
 Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
 
		 Gordon Jackson 
 MacDonald 'Intelligence'
 
		 John Leyton 
 Willie 'Tunnel King'
 
		 Angus Lennie 
 Ives 'The Mole'
 
		 Nigel Stock 
 Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
 
		 Robert Graf 
 Werner 'The Ferret'
 
		 Jud Taylor 
 Goff
 
		 Hans Reiser 
 Herr Kuhn
 
		 Harry Riebauer 
 Strachwitz
 
		 William Russell 
 Sorren
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