The Great Escape is a 1963 film made by the Mirisch Corporation, released by United Artists, and produced and directed by John Sturges. Based on a non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill, it tells the story of a mass escape attempt by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp (Stalag Luft III) during World War II. Brickhill had been a prisoner of the camp with his friend...
Initial release date:
- 1963
Tagline:
- The great adventure! The great entertainment!