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Escape from Alcatraz
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Escape from Alcatraz

Fri, Jun 22, 1979
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Jun 22, 1979
GB
  • In CinemasFri, Nov 2, 1979
CA
  • In CinemasFri, Jun 22, 1979
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Dec 6, 1979
FR
  • In CinemasWed, Oct 31, 1979
DE
  • In CinemasThu, Sep 20, 1979West Germany
  • PhysicalSat, Mar 3, 2001DVD
  • TVSat, Aug 8, 1987East Germany
JP
  • In CinemasSat, Dec 15, 1979
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    as Frank Morris
  • Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan
    as Warden
  • Roberts Blossom
    Roberts Blossom
    as Doc
  • Jack Thibeau
    Jack Thibeau
    as Clarence Anglin
  • Fred Ward
    Fred Ward
    as John Anglin
  • Paul Benjamin
    Paul Benjamin
    as English
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