Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1979 · 1h 53m

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz poster
Director
Don Siegel
Cast
Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris Patrick McGoohan as Warden Roberts Blossom as Doc Jack Thibeau as Clarence Anglin Fred Ward as John Anglin Paul Benjamin as English
Crew
Bruce Surtees — Director of Photography Ferris Webster — Editor Jerry Fielding — Original Music Composer Richard Tuggle — Screenplay Don Siegel — Producer Allen E. Smith — Production Design
Tagline

No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Escape from Alcatraz — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
prisonislandbased on novel or bookescapesan francisco, californiaalcatraz prisonprison wardenbased on true storyprison escape1960sescape planapologetic
Key Collaborators
Don Siegel Director Bruce Surtees Director of Photography Ferris Webster Editor Jerry Fielding Original Music Composer Richard Tuggle Screenplay Don Siegel Producer Allen E. Smith Production Design
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