Now, before we get into the core information 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. The release date of the movie is July 4th, 1963. The movie received a user score of 79/100 on TMDb, which is derived from reviews from 2,717 verified users.
Need a fast recap before watching? 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."
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'The Great Escape' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on July 4th, 1963
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
March 31st, 1998
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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.
