Escape from Alcatraz

Movie · United States

Escape from Alcatraz

1979113 minDrama · Thriller

★ 7.5 / 10 TMDb rating · 3,329 votes

United States

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What is Escape from Alcatraz about?

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.

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer

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