John Sturges Director, Producer Steve McQueen Capt. Hilts 'The Cooler King' Actor James Garner Flight Lt. Hendley 'The Scrounger' Actor Richard Attenborough Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett 'Big X' Actor Charles Bronson Flight Lt. Danny Velinski 'The Tunnel King' Actor James Donald Group Capt. Ramsey 'The SBO' Actor Donald Pleasence Flight Lt. Colin Blythe 'The Forger' Actor James Coburn Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer' Actor David McCallum Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' Actor Gordon Jackson Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald 'Intelligence' Actor John Leyton Flight Lt. William Dickes 'The Tunneler' Actor Angus Lennie Flying Officer Archibald Ives 'The Mole' Actor Nigel Stock Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish 'The Surveyor' Actor Jud Taylor Goff Actor William Russell Sorren Actor Robert Desmond Griffith 'Tailor' Actor Tom Adams Dai Nimmo ('Diversions') Actor Lawrence Montaigne Haynes ('Diversions') Actor Hannes Messemer Kommandant von Luger Actor Robert Graf Werner 'The Ferret' Actor Robert Freitag Capt. Posen Actor Karl Otto Alberty S.S. Officer Steinach Actor Paul Brickhill Writer James Clavell Screenwriter, Producer W. R. Burnett Screenwriter Daniel L. Fapp Cinematographer Ferris Webster Film Editing Elmer Bernstein Original Music Fernando Carrere Art Director Kurt Ripberger Set Decoration Lynn Stalmaster Casting