When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason

Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack

David Morse
Major Tom Baxter

William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton

Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson

Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
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Release Date
June 7, 1996
Runtime
2h 17m
Rating
R
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director