Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

1979 · 1 hr 52 min · PG

Action, Biography, Crime

Directors

Don Siegel

Actors

  • Clint Eastwood
  • Patrick McGoohan
  • Roberts Blossom

Credits: 1

Summary

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

More about this movie

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) masterminded this elaborately detailed, and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. In twenty-nine years, this seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates who were never heard of again.