Principal Cast
Steve McQueen
as Captain Hilts
James Garner
as Flight Lt. Hendley
Richard Attenborough
as Roger Bartlett
James Donald
as Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
Charles Bronson
as Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
Donald Pleasence
as Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
James Coburn
as Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
Hannes Messemer
as Kommandant von Luger
David McCallum
as Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
Gordon Jackson
as Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
John Leyton
as Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
Angus Lennie
as Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"
Nigel Stock
as Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"
Robert Graf
as Werner The Ferret
Jud Taylor
as Goff
Hans Reiser
as Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer
as Stratwitch
William Russell
as Sorren
Robert Freitag
as Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
as Preissen
George Mikell
as Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
as Haynes (Diversions)
Robert Desmond
as Griffith Tailor
Til Kiwe
as Frick
Heinz Weiss
as Kramer
Tom Adams
as Dai Nimmo (Diversions)
Karl-Otto Alberty
as S.S. Officer Steinach
Production Crew
Directing
- John Sturges Director
Writing
- James Clavell Screenplay
- W.R. Burnett Screenplay
Camera
- Daniel L. Fapp Director of Photography
Art
- Fernando Carrere Art Direction
Production
- Walter Mirisch Executive Producer
- John Sturges Producer
- James Clavell Producer
Sound
- Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer