
Escape from Alcatraz
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!
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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About Escape from Alcatraz
- Directors
- Don Siegel
- Cast
- Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Content rating
- PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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