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The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963) - Where to Watch

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Audience Score
79

Looking for where to watch 'The Great Escape' on your favorite screen? Here are streaming services and cable providers with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can find the right fit. In the US, you can currently rent, buy, or stream 'The Great Escape' via subscription on Microsoft Store, Plex, Prime Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Google Play Movies, Hoopla, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi TV.

Here are a few important points to remember 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 is informed by reviews from 2,717 verified users.

Thinking about what happens in this film? 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
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting March 31st, 1998 - Buy The Great Escape DVD

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.