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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Drama Thriller

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

Release Date: 1979, June 22
Directors: Don Siegel
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions
Cast: Joseph Whipp, Clint Eastwood, Carl Lumbly, Jack Thibeau, Danny Glover, Patrick McGoohan, Hank Brandt, Jason Ronard, Jim Haynie, Larry Hankin, Eugene Jackson, George Orrison

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.

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