Escape from Alcatraz

Name: Escape from Alcatraz
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1979-06-22
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward

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

7.5(3,059 votes)

1979

1h 53m

DramaThriller

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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.