Escape From Alcatraz

Escape From Alcatraz

Theatrical - Wide 1979-06-22

Cast Clint Eastwood Patrick McGoohan Roberts Blossom Jack Thibeau Fred Ward
Directed by Don Siegel
Directed by Richard Tuggle

Box Office Gross: $43,004,381

Running Time: 113 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions

Genres: Drama Thriller

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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... See more escape plan.

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