Story Line
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.
“No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!”
Top Cast
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Patrick McGoohan
Warden
Roberts Blossom
Doc
Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin
Fred Ward
John Anglin
Paul Benjamin
English
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1979-06-22
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
DramaThriller
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User Reviews (3)
r96sk
9/10
•1/21/2022Gotta feel for this due to the later emergence of <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-shawshank-redemption/">The Shawshank Redemption</a>'</em> and even <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break">Prison Break</a>'</em>, but <...
JPV852
8/10
•11/8/2022Seen this one several times and still is a well done and straight forward, well shot, escape-thriller with fine performances all around. Nothing fancy and just enough character development to make you care. **4.0/5**
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/5/2023Clint Eastwood is at the top of his game in this thriller. He is bank robber Frank Morris, Incarcerated in one of America's most impregnable prisons, under the menacing gaze of warden Patrick McGoohan. He quickly concludes that he has little left to ...