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No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will! - Escape from Alcatraz
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Title: Escape from Alcatraz

Release Date: 22 Jun 1979

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions

Production Companies: 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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Average Vote: 7.523 (2792 votes)

Cast

  • Frank Morris: Clint Eastwood
  • Warden: Patrick McGoohan
  • Doc: Roberts Blossom
  • Clarence Anglin: Jack Thibeau
  • John Anglin: Fred Ward
  • English: Paul Benjamin
  • Charley Butts: Larry Hankin
  • Wolf: Bruce M. Fischer
  • Litmus: Frank Ronzio
  • Johnson: Fred Stuthman
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