Movie · 173 min · G · act, drm, trl, war
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.
Where to watch The Great Escape
Available on 9 platforms across 2 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #689 in Canada.
- Canada #689
Available languages
Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, NN, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Chart history
The Great Escape has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 18 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #5.
Cast
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor, Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer, William Russell
Crew
James Clavell (producer,screenplay), John Sturges (director,producer), W.R. Burnett (screenplay)
Awards
2 wins from 3 nominations.
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1964 — nominated