The Great Escape

About The Great Escape

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.

John Sturges's The Great Escape is a 1963 war film. Steve McQueen takes the lead as Hilts 'The Cooler King', James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger', Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X', and James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO'.

It runs 173 minutes and was released in July 1963. Written by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett. It was produced by The Mirisch Company. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under hopeful, audacious, tragedy, and baseball. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and YouTube TV. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 2,994 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

No Escape, Von Ryan's Express, and The Shawshank Redemption make useful companions to The Great Escape, all filed under dystopia, escape, and prison.