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Escape from Alcatraz
“No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!”
7.5 / 10• 1979• 1h 53m•PG• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Lead
Patrick McGoohan
Warden
Roberts Blossom
Doc
Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin
Fred Ward
John Anglin
Paul Benjamin
English
Larry Hankin
Charley Butts
Bruce M. Fischer
Wolf
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Don Siegel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Escape from Alcatraz is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
