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Escape from Alcatraz

19791h 53m7.5/ 10 · TMDB · 3,310 votes
DramaThriller

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.

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Directed by Don Siegel

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood

Frank Morris

Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan

Warden

Roberts Blossom
Roberts Blossom

Doc

Jack Thibeau
Jack Thibeau

Clarence Anglin

Fred Ward
Fred Ward

John Anglin

Paul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin

English

Larry Hankin
Larry Hankin

Charley Butts

Bruce M. Fischer
Bruce M. Fischer

Wolf

Frank Ronzio
Frank Ronzio

Litmus

Fred Stuthman
Fred Stuthman

Johnson

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Film details

Released22 Jun 1979
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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David Cryer

Wagner

Hank Brandt
Hank Brandt

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