Escape From Alcatraz

Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegal team up for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once- by three men never heard of again. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. Patrick McGoohan is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic reenactment of a true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie.

Released 1979.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood
Patrick McGoohan
Roberts Blossom
Jack Thibeau
Fred Ward
Paul Benjamin
Larry Hankin
Bruce M. Fischer
Frank Ronzio
John Scanlon

Crew:
Director - Don Siegel
Book Author - J. Campbell Bruce
Writer - Richard Tuggle
Composer - Jerry Fielding
Composer - Gilbert Thomas
Producer - Don Siegel
Producer - Fritz Manes
Producer - Robert Daley

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