The Great Escape 1963 Watch Free in HD

The movie centers the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.

Genre:

Adventure, History, Drama

Actors:

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, ...»

Director:

John Sturges

Country:

United States

Release:

1963

IMDb:

8.2

Quality:

Duration:

172 min

Variety

Producer-director John Sturges has fashioned a motion picture that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs.

March 26, 2009

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7M Pictures

a slow burn which allows you to watch wildly different characters work together and form a team in spite of their differences

June 09, 2013

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Radio Times

This is one of the all-time great war movies, a PoW adventure from director John Sturges that celebrates the indomitable spirit of the Allied forces even when their backs were to the wall.

April 23, 2014

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TIME Magazine

The Great Escape is simply great escapism.

February 06, 2014

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Cinema Crazed

While it's a definite classic in the Steve McQueen gallery, it's also a masterpiece of the action genre...

August 22, 2013

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New York Times

It's a strictly mechanical adventure with make-believe men.

May 09, 2005

Total Film

Even if you feel you know every scene backwards, there are still manifold pleasures here beyond nostalgia.

April 23, 2014

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Chicago Reader

Way too flabby at 168 minutes, but once this 1963 feature gets going it's good, solid stuff.

March 01, 2007

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Time Out

Worth seeing the last half hour, if nothing else, for one of the best stunt sequences in years: McQueen's motor-cycle bid for freedom.

June 24, 2006

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Scene-Stealers.com

Each group of characters get their own riveting planning sequences, all skillfully told. This is one "heist" film where knowing the details of how the escape is supposed to go down before it happens only strengthens the suspense further.

May 23, 2013

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Film4

Watching the starry cast is always entertaining, and while The Great Escape has little new to say about war, this is really not a criticism.

April 23, 2014

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New Yorker

This is a Boys' Own Tale, and, as boys, we wanted it, cleansed of horrors, for ourselves.

April 23, 2014

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