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Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by J. J. Abrams and Bad Robot. The series premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a mid-season replacement. [1] Switching between eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was shut down in 1963 due to unsafe ...
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- January 16 –, March 26, 2012
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Nov 12, 2020 · Lipscomb’s story isn’t one that can be tied up neatly with a happy ending, but it’s a story of Alcatraz that can remind us to listen to those who speak up in the name of justice from wherever they are. On Alcatraz Island in 2020, the penitentiary is a historical monument, a place to reckon with the past and contend with the present and ...
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Mar 9, 2020 · The Haunting of Alcatraz: Directed by Steve Lawson. With Tom Hendryk, Helen Crevel, Chris Lines, Marcus Langford. Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
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Jul 27, 2020 · Alcatraz: The Last Survivor: With Lisa Tims, Charles Edward Hopkins. Charles Edward Hopkins, Alcatraz Inmate #1186 in 1955, was once considered one of the most dangerous men in America.
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- Charles Edward Hopkins, Lisa Tims
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- Lisa Tims, Charles Edward Hopkins
- Inmate #85: Al 'Scarface' Capone. Conviction: Tax evasion. Time Served at Alcatraz: 5 years (1934–1939) Post-Term: mental illness, death from syphilis. By the time Al Capone arrived at Alcatraz on the morning of August 22, 1934, he was past his peak as a crime kingpin.
- Inmate #110: Roy Gardner. Conviction: Armed robbery. Time Served at Alcatraz: 2 years (1934–1936) Post-Term: author, suicide. Alcatraz was repurposed by the federal government from a military prison to a general federal prison in 1933 expressly to deal with criminals like Roy G. Gardner, the man who was nicknamed “King of the Escape Artists.”
- Inmate #117: George 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Conviction: Kidnapping. Time Served at Alcatraz: 17 years (1934–1951) Post-Term: died of a heart attack in jail. It couldn’t be said that many of the criminals who ended up in Alcatraz were from good families, but Machine Gun Kelly was raised in a well-off Memphis household and even attended some college.
- Inmate #325: Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis. Conviction: Kidnapping. Time Served at Alcatraz: 26 years (1936–1962) Post-Term: author, pill overdose. Like "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Francis Karpowicz saw kidnapping as an easier way to make large sums of money than bank robbing.
Alcatraz: Created by Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt. With Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra. In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz.
This promotional short for the film Point Blank (1967) offers a behind-the-scenes look at shooting in the prison on Alcatraz Island with thoughts about the location from the director, cast, and a former inmate. Stars: John Boorman, Angie Dickinson, John Giles, Lee Marvin. Votes: 75
