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Jun 22, 1979 · A film based on the true story of three inmates who attempted to escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. See the cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, ratings, and more on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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- Action, Biography, Crime
- Don Siegel
- 1979-06-22
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film [3] [4] [5] directed and produced by Don Siegel. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle , is based on the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce, which recounts the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island .
Escape from Alcatraz is 6889 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 2649 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Topside but less popular than Fiddler on the Roof.
- Don Siegel
- PG
- 26
A 1979 thriller starring Clint Eastwood as a prisoner who plans to escape from the infamous Alcatraz island. See the critics' and audience's ratings, reviews, trailers, and clips of this classic prison movie.
- (31)
- Don Siegel
- PG
- Clint Eastwood
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- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Roger Ebert June 27, 1979. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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. It's one of those very difficult exercises ...
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A true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island, in 1960. The film follows their elaborate preparations, challenges and fates, based on the book by John E. Clark and J. Campbell Bruce.