Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison.
Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (Patrick McGoohan).
Fed up with life at Alcatraz, Morris and two convict brothers (Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau) meticulously plan the unthinkable: an escape from the island. --Rotten Tomatoes
Cast:Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Madison Arnold, Stephen Bradley, Garry Goodrow, Danny Glover
About this movie
Title: Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Directed by: Don Siegel
Date of birth: 26 October 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of death: 20 April 1991, Nipoma, California, USA
Writing credits: Richard Tuggle, J. Campbell Bruce
Music: Jerry Fielding
Year: 1979
Country: United States
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 112 min.