Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-06-22
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris
- Patrick McGoohan as Warden
- Roberts Blossom as Doc
- Jack Thibeau as Clarence Anglin
- Fred Ward as John Anglin
- Paul Benjamin as English
- Larry Hankin as Charley Butts
- Bruce M. Fischer as Wolf
- Frank Ronzio as Litmus
- Fred Stuthman as Johnson
- David Cryer as Wagner
- Hank Brandt as Associate Warden
Crew
- Don Siegel - Director
- Richard Tuggle - Screenplay
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