San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris

Patrick McGoohan
Warden

Roberts Blossom
Doc

Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin

Fred Ward
John Anglin

Paul Benjamin
English

Larry Hankin
Charley Butts

Bruce M. Fischer
Wolf
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Release Date
June 22, 1979
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
PG
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director