Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team 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 the true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie.

Synopsis: Landmark drama about the only documented escape from what was considered an impenetrable prison in the middle of San Francisco Bay. When a man who has broken out of numerous big houses is sent to the Rock, he begins a mental game of cat-and-mouse with the warden, while planning his next escape.

Production Year: 
1979
Released: 
Tue, 03/09/1999
Run Time Minutes: 
111
Rating: 
PG
Genres: 
Suspense/Thriller
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
480x720 LowRez
More Information: 
HD-1
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
Mono
Actors: 
Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris
Actors: 
Patrick McGoohan - Warden
Actors: 
Roberts Blossom - Chester 'Doc' Dalton
Actors: 
Jack Thibeau - Clarence Anglin
Actors: 
Fred Ward - John Anglin
Actors: 
Paul Benjamin - English, Prison Librarian
Actors: 
Larry Hankin - Charley Butts
Actors: 
Bruce M. Fischer - Wolf
Actors: 
Frank Ronzio - Litmus
Actors: 
Fred Stuthman - Johnson
Actors: 
David Cryer - Wagner
Actors: 
Madison Arnold - Zimmerman
Actors: 
Blair Burrows - Fight Guard
Actors: 
Bob Balhatchet - Medical Technical Assistant
Actors: 
Matthew Locricchio - Exam Guard
Actors: 
Don Michaelian - Beck
Actors: 
Ray Goman - Cellblock Captain
Actors: 
Jason Ronard - Bobs
Actors: 
Ed Vasgersian - Cranston
Actors: 
Ron Vernan - Stone
Actors: 
Regina Baff - Mrs. Lucy Butts
Actors: 
Hank Brandt - Associate Warden
Actors: 
Candace Bowen - English's Daughter
Actors: 
Joe Miksak - Police Sergeant
Actors: 
Stephen Bradley - Exam Guard
Actors: 
Garry Goodrow - Weston
Actors: 
Ross Reynolds - Helicopter Pilot
Actors: 
Al Dunlap - Visitors' Guard
Actors: 
Denis Berkfeldt - Guard
Actors: 
Jim Haynie - Guard
Actors: 
Tony Dario - Guard
Actors: 
Fritz Manes - Guard
Actors: 
Dana Derfus - Guard
Actors: 
Don Cummins - Guard
Actors: 
Gordon Handforth - Guard
Actors: 
John Scanlon - Guard
Actors: 
Don Watters - Guard
Actors: 
Dan Leegant - Guard
Actors: 
Joe Knowland - Guard
Actors: 
James Collier - Guard
Actors: 
R. J. Ganzert - Guard
Actors: 
Robert Hirschfeld - Guard
Actors: 
Lloyd Nelson - Guard
Actors: 
George Orrison - Guard
Actors: 
Garry F. Warren - Guard
Actors: 
Joseph Whipp - Guard
Actors: 
Terry Wills - Guard
Actors: 
John Garabedian - Guard
Actors: 
Dale Alvarez - Inmate
Actors: 
Sheldon Feldner - Inmate
Actors: 
Danny Glover - Inmate
Actors: 
Carl Lumbly - Inmate
Actors: 
Patrick Valentino - Inmate
Actors: 
Gilbert Thomas Jr. - Inmate
Actors: 
Eugene Walker Jackson Jr. - Inmate