Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1979-06-22
Duration:113 min
Director:Don Siegel
Actors:Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward
Production:Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions

Overview:

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.

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