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Overview
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J. Campbell Bruce (book)
Richard Tuggle (screenplay)
Release Date:
22 June 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz... And no one ever will!
Plot:
A dramatization of the one possibly successful escape from the notorious prison. full summary | full synopsis
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There was no escaping "The Rock"... till Frank Morris came along more (96 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Madison Arnold | ... | Zimmerman |
| Blair Burrows | ... | Fight Guard |
| Bob Balhatchet | ... | Medical Technical Assistant |
| Matthew Locricchio | ... | Exam Guard (as Matthew J. Locricchio) |
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112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Argentina:Atp | Iceland:14 | UK:AA (1979) (cut) | Spain:13 | West Germany:12 (f) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1980) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | Singapore:PG
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The dangerous escape down the prison wall and into the water was performed without stunt doubles. Director 'Don Siegel (I)' twice thought that he had lost his actors to the treacherous currents. more
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Anachronisms: Coast Guard cutter searching for escapees has a red diagonal stripe painted on the hull near the bow. This stripe was not adopted by the Coast Guard until 1967. more
Quotes:
Frank Morris:
Tell me, you stopped killing white people?
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Why?
Frank Morris:
Well, next time I wouldn't turn my back on ya.
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D Block Blues more
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Alcatraz was supposed to be escape-proof. With guards always on the watch, along with high, concrete walls, not to mentioned shark- infested waters, there's not a snowball's chance in hell anyone could have got out of "The Rock". But rumor has it that 3 inmates did
managed to get away (sounds like an UNSOLVED MYSTERIES episode, huh?), and this movie, ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, showcases the daring getaway attempt. Clint Eastwood, hard-edged and dark as ever, plays Frank Morris, a convict that had the element of escape. Morris, along with the Anglin Brothers (Jack Thibeu and Fred Ward), hatched the plan to bust out with the use of dummies, spoons, and brain-power. Eastwood is as top-notched as ever, and Patrick McGoohan (of THE PRISONER fame) is chilling as the warden. Don Siegel, again teaming up with his DIRTY HARRY player Eastwood, directs quite a concoction of thrills and sus- pence in this movie.