Escape from Alcatraz
“No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!”
1979•PG•1h 53m•7.5•Released
DramaThriller
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.
Director
Don Siegel
Writer
Richard Tuggle, Don Siegel
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$43M
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
Malpaso Productions
Producer
Don Siegel
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