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Escape From Alcatraz. For almost all of its length, "Escape from Alcatraz" is a taut and toughly wrought portrait of life in a prison. It is also a masterful piece of storytelling, in which the characters say little and the camera explains the action.
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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 Critics Reviews
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- Don Siegel
- PG
- Clint Eastwood
Escape from Alcatraz remains a timeless thriller over 40 years after its release and makes great use of its setting. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 23, 2023
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ is a low-key but suspenseful prison-escape story. The almost-eerie quiet is established right from the start, with an extended opening sequence showing Morris' ferry ride to the island and intake process with only three or four terse spoken lines.
- Don Siegel
- Andrea Beach
- Clint Eastwood, Patrick Mcgoohan
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American epic prison action thriller film directed and co-produced by Don Siegel, written by Richard Tuggle, and starring Clint Eastwood alongside Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, and Larry Hankin with Danny Glover appearing in his film debut.
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGooghan, Roberts Blossom, and Paul Benjamin. Eastwood is Frank Morris, who, with the two Anglin brothers (their names were changed for the film) contrived the most elaborate scheme ever to escape "The Rock."
The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) masterminded this elaborately detailed, and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape.
