Film

Escape from Alcatraz

1979 · 1h 53m · Drama · Thriller

No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

76

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

Frank Ronzio

Litmus

Fred Stuthman

Johnson

David Cryer

Wagner

Hank Brandt

Associate Warden

Ray K. Goman

Cellblock Captain

Blair Burrows

Fight Guard

Madison Arnold

Zimmerman

Garry Goodrow

Weston

• Don SiegelDirector · Producer
• Richard TuggleScreenplay
• Robert DaleyExecutive Producer
• Bruce SurteesDirector of Photography
• Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
• Ferris WebsterEditor
• Wallis NicitaCasting
• Marion DoughertyCasting

Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Original Trailer [HD]

Release date

June 22, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

PG

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$43,004,381

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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