“No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!”
Escape from Alcatraz
7.5
3,200 votes·1979
·1h 53m
·MovieDramaThriller
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget5.4x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
prisonislandbased on novel or bookescapesan francisco, californiaalcatraz prisonprison wardenbased on true storyprison escape1960sescape planapologetic
Cast
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
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
Frank Ronzio
Litmus
Fred Stuthman
Johnson
David Cryer
Wagner
Hank Brandt
Associate Warden
Ray K. Goman
Cellblock Captain
Blair Burrows
Fight Guard
Madison Arnold
Zimmerman
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