Escape to Victory (1981) has at least 1 Black credited character out of 42.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 2%
One. Technically not zero.
8 credited actors have no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. They count toward the 42, so the real number may be higher. Why.
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors we counted as Black; marks actors with no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sylvester Stallone | Captain Robert Hatch | |
| 2 | Michael Caine | Captain John Colby | |
| 3 | Max von Sydow | Major Karl von Steiner | |
| 4 | Pelé | Cpl. Luis Fernandez, Brazil | ●Counted as Black |
| 5 | Daniel Massey | Colonel Waldron | |
| 6 | Tim Pigott-Smith | Rose | |
| 7 | Maurice Roëves | Pyrie | |
| 8 | Julian Curry | Shurlock | |
| 9 | Clive Merrison | The Forger | |
| 10 | Bobby Moore | Terry Brady, England | |
| 11 | Osvaldo Ardiles | Carlos Rey, Argentina | |
| 12 | Paul Van Himst | Michel Fileu, Belgium | |
| 13 | Kazimierz Deyna | Paul Wolchek, Poland | |
| 14 | Mike Summerbee | Sid Harmor, England | |
| 15 | Co Prins | Pieter Van Beck, Holland | |
| 16 | Russell Osman | Doug Clure, England | |
| 17 | John Wark | Arthur Hayes, Scotland | |
| 18 | Søren Lindsted | Erik Ball, Denmark | |
| 19 | Kevin O'Callaghan | Tony Lewis, Ireland | |
| 20 | Gary Waldhorn | Mueller, german coach | |
| 21 | George Mikell | Kommandant | |
| 22 | Laurie Sivell | Schmidt, german goalie | |
| 23 | Carole Laure | Renée | |
| 24 | Arthur Brauss | Lutz | |
| 25 | Michael Wolf | Lang | ?No public bio we could find |
| 26 | David Shawyer | Strauss | ?No public bio we could find |
| 27 | Werner Roth | Baumann, german team captain | |
| 28 | Robin Turner | a german player | |
| 29 | Jürgen Andersen | a propaganda civilian | ?No public bio we could find |
| 30 | Amidou | André | |
| 31 | Benoît Ferreux | Jean-Paul | |
| 32 | Jean-François Stévenin | Claude | |
| 33 | Jack Lenoir | Georges | ?No public bio we could find |
| 34 | Zoltán Gera | Viktor | |
| 35 | Michael Cochrane | Farrell | |
| 36 | Jack Kendrick | Williams | ?No public bio we could find |
| 37 | Anton Diffring | chief commentator | |
| 38 | Gunter Wolbert | german commentator | ?No public bio we could find |
| 39 | Capacci Eolo | italian commentator | ?No public bio we could find |
| 40 | Michel Drhey | french commentator | ?No public bio we could find |
| 41 | Hallvar Thoresen | Gunnar Hilsson, Norway | |
| 42 | Mátyás Usztics |