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.| Status: | Released (1979-06-22) |
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| BoxOffice: | $43,000,000 |
| Screen: | J. Campbell Bruce, Richard Tuggle |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris
- 2463: Patrick McGoohan - Warden
- 66288: Roberts Blossom - Doc
- 14320: Jack Thibeau - Clarence Anglin
- 10430: Fred Ward - John Anglin
- 15534: Paul Benjamin - English
- 11519: Larry Hankin - Charley Butts
Crews
- 14773: Don Siegel - Director - Directing
- 14773: Don Siegel - Producer - Production
- 66283: Allen E. Smith - Production Design - Art
- 66284: Edward J. McDonald - Set Decoration - Art
- 3643: Ferris Webster - Editor - Editing
- 14777: Robert Daley - Executive Producer - Production
- 3806: Marion Dougherty - Casting - Production
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Reviews
r96sk
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Gotta feel for this due to the later emergence of <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-shawshank-redemption/">The Shawshank Redemption</a>'</em> and even <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break">Prison Break</a>'</em>, but <em>'Escape From Alcatraz'</em> sti ....
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Seen this one several times and still is a well done and straight forward, well shot, escape-thriller with fine performances all around. Nothing fancy and just enough character development to make you care. **4.0/5**
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Clint Eastwood is at the top of his game in this thriller. He is bank robber Frank Morris, Incarcerated in one of America's most impregnable prisons, under the menacing gaze of warden Patrick McGoohan. He quickly concludes that he has little left to live for but escape. Together with ....
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