Breakout (1975)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Tom Gries

Writers:

Howard B. Kreitsek (screenplay) &
Marc Norman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 March 1975 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

Sentenced to 28 years in prison for a crime he never committed. Only two things can get him out - A lot of money and Charles Bronson!

Plot:

A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Escape | Helicopter | Kids And Family | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Charles Bronson	...	Nick Colton
Robert Duvall	...	Jay Wagner
Jill Ireland	...	Ann Wagner
Randy Quaid	...	Hawk Hawkins
Sheree North	...	Myrna
Jorge Moreno	...	Sosa
Emilio Fernández	...	J.V
Paul Mantee	...	Telegraphist
Alan Vint	...	Harve
Alejandro Rey	...	Sanchez
William B. White	...	Officer #2 (as Will B. White)
Roy Jenson	...	Spencer
Sidney Clute	...	Henderson
Chalo González	...	Border Guard
Antonio Tarruella	...	Prison Guard #1

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (re-rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

This was the first major studio film to be released in the now-common saturation pattern, debuting at over 1,000 movie theaters simultaneously; soon after this method was used for Jaws (1975) as well.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious use of rag doll when one of the bad guys is torn apart by a propeller at the end of the film.

Quotes:

Myrna: I have to be convincing and I've never been raped.
Nick Colton: We should all be so lucky.

Bronson is talkative. Otherwise, the film is routine.

The line "Just routine, nothing special" is heard somewhere in this film, and it describes it perfectly. It's utterly routine and mostly actionless. But Bronson's character is unusually talkative and his performance unusually broad. Those are the film's only distinguishing elements.