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Escape from Alcatraz

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Escape from Alcatraz
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PG,1hr 52min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1979
Director:
Don Siegel
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Patrick MacGoohan  ...more
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
The script for this prison-escape picture is as lean and expressive as the scowl on Clint Eastwood's rough-hewn, familiar face. Each scene gives us either who, what, when, where, why, or how; the emphasis is on the how, though, for everything else flows from that. The early scenes and central relationships establish the brutality and caprice with which The Rock is managed, but really, the motivation ... Full Review
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Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Patrick McGoohan
Warden
Patrick MacGoohan
Prison Warden
Roberts Blossom
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