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      Escape From Alcatraz

      1979, Mystery & thriller/Drama, 1h 47m

      31 Reviews 50,000+ Ratings

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      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

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      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

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      • Production Co: Paramount, Paramount Pictures International

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