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The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
79

Looking for where to watch 'The Great Escape' without the hassle? Below, you’ll find streaming and cable services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching sooner. Right now in the US, 'The Great Escape' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on Prime Video with Ads, TCM, Wonder Project Amazon Channel, Prime Video, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Prime Video, YouTube, Plex, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Kanopy, Hoopla.

Here are a few quick details to keep in mind 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. The release date of the movie is July 4th, 1963. The movie received a user score of 79/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 2,841 engaged users.

Want the short version of the plot? 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' 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 Movies

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.