The Great Escape/Attack

Double bill featuring two popular war movies. In 'The Great Escape' (1963), during World War Two, a collection of hardened Allied prisoners are kept in an 'escape-proof' German camp. Led by the 'Big X' (Richard Attenborough), the men formulate a plan for a mass breakout, digging three tunnels - Tom, Dick and Harry. The team behind the escape includes a near-blind forger of passports (Donald Pleasance), a claustrophobic tunnel-digger (Charles Bronson) and the independent American 'Cooler King' (Steve McQueen). With men like that on their side, how can they fail? In 'Attack' (1956), a group of American soldiers find themselves trapped by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. The situation reaches a crisis point when their cowardly and indecisive captain (Eddie Albert) eventually flips into sheer panic. Angry at the lack of proper leadership, the platoon takes matters into its own hands.

Writer: W.R. Burnett
Actor: Richard Attenborough
Actor: Donald Pleasence
Actor: Eddie Albert
Actor: Peter Van Eyck
Actor: Nigel Stock
Actor: Steven Geray
Actor: Gordon Jackson
Actor: James Garner
Actor: Buddy Ebsen
Actor: Lee Marvin
Actor: James Coburn
Actor: Richard Jaeckel
Actor: James Donald
Actor: Robert Strauss
Actor: John Leyton
Actor: Steve McQueen
Actor: William Russell
Actor: James Goodwin
Actor: Tom Adams
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Actor: William Smithers
Writer: James Poe
Writer: James Clavell
Director: Robert Aldrich
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Director: John Sturges
Producer: John Sturges
Music: Frank de Vol
Actor: Jack Palance
Actor: Charles Bronson
Actor: David McCallum