Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Starring:
- Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Don Siegel
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Action / Adventure
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No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood). This Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a reenactment of Frank Morris' 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock. Eastwood, as Morris, tilts with nasty warden Patrick McGoohan for a while, befriends several fellow prisoners, and picks the guys with whom he'll make his escape. Among his break-out buddies are the Anglin Brothers (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), with whom he'd served in other lockups, and several others who've got their own special reasons to despise the sadistic McGoohan. Filmed on location at the newly renovated Alcatraz, Escape From Alcatraz was another box-office winner for the Eastwood/Siegel combo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 111 mins
Complete Cast:
- Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris
- Roberts Blossom - Doc
- Fred Ward - John Anglin
- Larry Hankin - Charley Butts
- Frank Ronzio - Litmus
- Madison Arnold - Zimmerman
- James Collier - Guard
- Dana Derfus - Guard
- Dan Leegant - Guard
- Eugene W. Jackson - Prisoner
- Jim Haynie - Guard
- Garry Goodrow - Weston
- Danny Glover - Inmate
- George Orrison - Guard
- Terry Wills - Guard
- Don Watters - Guard
- Ron Vernan - Stone
- Carl Lumbly - Inmate
- Al Dunlap - Visitors' Guard
- Patrick Valentino - Inmate
- Fred Stuthman - Johnson
- Jason Ronard - Bobs
- Don Michaelian - Beck
- R.J. Ganzert - Guard
- Tony Dario - Guard
- Hank Brandt - Associate Warden
- Bob Balhat-Chet - Medical Assistant
- Patrick McGoohan - Warden
- Jack Thibeau - Clarence Anglin
- Paul Benjamin - English
- Bruce M. Fischer - Wolf
- Dale Alvarez - Inmate
- Stephen Bradley - Exam Guard
- Don Cummins - Guard
- John Garabedian - Guard
- Joseph Knowland - Guard
- Robert Hirschfeld - Guard
- Gordon Handforth - Guard
- Ray K. Goman - Cellblock Captain
- Don Siegel - Doctor
- Fritz Manes - Guard
- Joe Whipp - Guard
- Gary F. Warren - Guard
- Ed Vasgersian - Cranston
- Blair Burrows - Fight Guard
- Glenn Wright - Prisoner
- Gilbert Thomas - Prisoner
- John Scanlon - Guard
- Lloyd Nelson - Guard
- Matthew Locricchio - Exam Guard
- Sheldon Feldner - Inmate
- David Cryer - Wagner
- Denis Berkfeldt - Guard
- Director(s):
- Don Siegel
- Writer(s):
- Richard Tuggle
- Producer(s):
- Don Siegel
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Adult Language, Violence)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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