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Directed By
John Sturges
Written By
Paul Brickhill
based on the book by
James Clavell
screen play by
W.R. Burnett
screen play by
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 'Tunnel King'
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
Robert Freitag
Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
Preissen
George Mikell
Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond
Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe
Frick
Heinz Weiss
Kramer
Tom Adams
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty
S.S. Officer Steinach
Arthur Atkinson
British Officer Charlie
Produced By
James Clavell
producer
Walter Mirisch
executive producer
John Sturges
producer
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Daniel L. Fapp
director of photography
Sound
Wayne Fury
sound effects editor
Editing
Ferris Webster
Art Direction
Fernando Carrere
Set Design
Kurt Ripberger
Makeup
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist
Jay Sebring
hair designer: Steve McQueen, James Garner
Special Effects
A. Paul Pollard
special effects
Assistant Director
Jack N. Reddish
assistant director
John Flynn
assistant director
Robert E. Relyea
second unit director
Production Management
Allen K. Wood
production supervisor
Hubert Fröhlich
production manager
Art Department
Frank Agnone
property
Frank McCarthy
poster artist
Stunts
Bud Ekins
stunt double: Steve McQueen, motorcycle jump
Tim Gibbes
stunts
Chuck Hayward
stunts
Loren Janes
stunt double: Steve McQueen
Roy Jenson
stunts
Carey Loftin
stunts
Steve McQueen
stunt driver
Robert E. Relyea
stunt pilot
Roy Scammell
stunt team
Roy N. Sickner
stunts
Editorial
Don Tomlinson
assistant film editor
Other
Robert E. Relyea
assistant to producer
Wally Floody
technical advisor
Howard Vernon
voice dubbing: Hannes Messemer
Music Department
Richard Carruth
music editor
Michael Andersen
music copyist
Lloyd Basham
music copyist
Saundra Berkova
musician: violin
Elmer Bernstein
conductor
Harold Brown
musician: bass
Herman Clebanoff
musician: violin
Manuel Compinsky
musician: violin
Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet
Dominic Fidelibus
music copyist
Wolfgang Fraenkel
music copyist
Sam Freed Jr.
musician: violin
Benny Gill
musician: violin
Jack Hayes
orchestrator
Wally Heglin
music copyist
Robert Helfer
orchestra manager
Norman Herzburg
musician: bassoon
Milt Holland
musician: drums, percussion
Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin
Armand Kaproff
musician: cello
Nathan Kaproff
musician: violin
Pearl Kaufman
musician: piano
Milton Kestenbaum
musician: bass
Manny Klein
musician: trumpet
Raphael Kramer
musician: cello
Abe Luboff
musician: bass
Mitchell Lurie
musician: clarinet
Edgar Lustgarten
musician: cello
Roman Maciejewski
music copyist
Virginia Majewski
musician: viola
Shelly Manne
musician: drums, percussion
Jack Marsh
musician: bassoon
G.R. Menhennick
musician: viola
Peter Mercurio
musician: bass
Erno Neufeld
musician: violin
John Neufeld
musician: clarinet
Richard Perissi
musician: french horn
Lee Perrin
musician: drums, percussion
Uan Rasey
musician: trumpet
Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp
Sam Rice
musician: tuba
Gale Robinson
musician: french horn
Meyer Rubin
musician: bass
Martin Ruderman
musician: flute
Sylvia Ruderman
musician: flute
Ambrose Russo
musician: violin
Eudice Shapiro
musician: violin
Leo Shuken
orchestrator
Lou Singer
musician: drums, percussion
Eleanor Slatkin
musician: cello
Felix Slatkin
musician: violin
Raymond Turner
musician: piano
Lloyd Ulyate
musician: trombone
Paul Van Loan
music copyist
Vinton Vernon
music engineer
Seymour Zeldin
musician: trombone
Costume Department
Bert Henrikson
wardrobe
Camera Department
Léo L. Fuchs
still photographer
Lothar Winkler
still photographer
Script Department
John Franco
script supervisor
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