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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

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

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Don Siegel
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    Frank Morris Clint Eastwood
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    Warden Patrick McGoohan
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    Doc Roberts Blossom
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    Clarence Anglin Jack Thibeau
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    John Anglin Fred Ward
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    English Paul Benjamin
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    Charley Butts Larry Hankin
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    Wolf Bruce M. Fischer

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