Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

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Written by J. Campbell Bruce, Richard Tuggle

Directed by Don Siegel

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1979

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

This cold, tough, gripping, atmospheric and fact-based thriller - telling the story of the only successful escape from America's former maximum-security prison - has some superb performances, tremendous attention to detail and an amibiguous ending to ponder.

Directed by Don Siegel and released in 1979, Clint Eastwood plays Frank Morris, a life convict of above average intelligence who has managed to escape from a number of prisons in the past. Fairly soon after he's incarcerated at Alcatraz, San Francisco's notorious island prison, Morris devises an ingenious escape plan, helped by three other convicts. The prison warden - a superb performance from Patrick McGoohan - prides himself on the fact that no-one has ever successfully escaped from the prison in nearly 30 years. But Morris has other ideas...

Highly recommended.

When is Escape From Alcatraz next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats November 18th, 10:00am and on Sky Movies Modern Greats HD November 18th, 10:00am. See more...

Cast

Image for Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodFrank Morris
Image for Patrick McGoohanPatrick McGoohanWarden
Roberts BlossomDoc
Jack ThibeauClarence Anglin
Fred WardJohn Anglin
Paul BenjaminEnglish
Larry HankinCharley Butts
Bruce M. FischerWolf
Frank RonzioLitmus
Fred StuthmanJohnson
David CryerWagner
Madison ArnoldZimmerman
Blair BurrowsFight Guard
Bob BalhatchetMedical Technical Assistant
Matthew LocricchioExam Guard

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