Escape From Alcatraz

Escape From Alcatraz

1979 | 1h 52m | Crime, Action

Brief Synopsis

The prison on Alcatraz island is a desolate rock in the middle of a stormy sea of cold water, and no one has ever survived an escape. Three prisoners with nothing to lose concoct an elaborate plan to once again taste freedom. Based on a true story.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Don Siegel

Donald Siegel

CAST

Clint Eastwood

Patrick McGoohan

Roberts Blossom

Jack Thibeau

Clint Eastwood

PRODUCERS

Don Siegel

WRITERS

Richard Tuggle

J. Campbell Bruce

Host Intros

03:58
Ben Mankiewicz and Frank Darabont Intro -- Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Intro Aired: Jan 2017
Ben Mankiewicz and guest Frank Darabont introduce Escape From Alcatraz, 1979.

Related Videos

01:57
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) -- (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Original trailer for the last collaboration between director Don Siegel and star Clint Eastwood, the 1979 hit Escape From Alcatraz, with Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau and Patrick McGoohan.
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To Alcatraz
Clip
Clint Eastwood (as inmate Frank Morris) gets checked in old-style at "The Rock," one of many hypnotic location sequences by director Don Siegel in the 1979 hit Escape From Alcatraz.
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) King Of The Mountain
Clip
New inmate Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) crosses racial lines and uses nasty language, visiting his powerful new friend English (Paul Benjamin), in an early scene from director Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz, 1979.
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Rotten Eggs
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The warden (Patrick McGoohan) delivers his well-practiced welcome speech to mostly non-responsive new inmate Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), in an early scene from director Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz, 1979.

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