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The Great Escape

Where to Watch The Great Escape (1963)

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Craving a viewing of 'The Great Escape' on any device you have handy? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the John Sturges-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Great Escape' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Great Escape' right now, here are some specifics about the The Mirisch Company, United Artists adventure flick.

The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald has a NR rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 53 min, and a scheduled release date of July 4th, 1963.

It received a user score of 79/100 on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 2,661 experienced users.

Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story."

'The Great Escape' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on fuboTV, Plex, Hoopla, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Microsoft Store, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Pluto TV, Prime Video, Tubi TV, YouTube, Philo, and Google Play Movies .

'The Great Escape' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on July 4th, 1963 - Buy The Great Escape Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting March 31st, 1998 - Buy The Great Escape DVD

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The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during the Second World War. A fictional, made-for-television sequel, The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, was released in 1988. The film is not a true sequel as it dramatizes the escape itself just as the original film does, although mostly using the real names of the individuals involved (whereas the original film fictionalized them and used composite characters). It depicts the search for the culprits responsible for the murder of the 50 Allied officers.