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The Rock (1996)

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Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Bay
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    John Patrick Mason Sean Connery
  • Profile picture of Nicolas Cage
    Dr. Stanley Goodspeed Nicolas Cage
  • Profile picture of Ed Harris
    Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC Ed Harris
  • Profile picture of John Spencer
    FBI Director James Womack John Spencer
  • Profile picture of David Morse
    Major Tom Baxter David Morse
  • Profile picture of William Forsythe
    Special Agent Ernest Paxton William Forsythe
  • Profile picture of Michael Biehn
    Commander Charles Anderson Michael Biehn
  • Profile picture of Vanessa Marcil
    Carla Pestalozzi Vanessa Marcil

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