TRAILER 201 Play all videos What to know Escape from Alcatraz makes brilliant use of the tense claustrophobia of its infamous setting - as well as its leading man's legendarily flinty resolve. Read critic reviews Rent/buy Rent/buy Rent/buy Escape From Alcatraz videos Escape From Alcatraz Trailer 1 TRAILER 201 Escape From Alcatraz Photos Movie Info Frank Morris Clint Eastwood, a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz - America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden Patrick McGoohan. Fed up with life at Alcatraz, Morris and two convict brothers Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau meticulously plan the unthinkable an escape from the island. Rating PG Genre Mystery & thriller, Drama, Action Original Language English Director Don Siegel Producer Don Siegel Writer Richard Tuggle Release Date Streaming Mar 9, 1999 Runtime 1h 47m Production Co Paramount, Paramount Pictures International Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Escape From Alcatraz Critic Reviews for Escape From Alcatraz Audience Reviews for Escape From Alcatraz There are no featured reviews for Escape From Alcatraz because the movie has not released yet . See Movies in Theaters
SuperstarClint 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
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