Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Movie · PG · 113 min · ★ 7.5 · 87% critics
In 1960, a transferred inmate arrives at Alcatraz, a maximum-security prison on a rocky island with a reputation for being impossible to escape. With other prisoners, he starts preparing an escape plan in secret, carefully working toward a chance at freedom.
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-06-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (3,167 votes)
- Box office
- $43,005,351
- Budget
- $8,000,000
About
If you enjoy gritty, suspenseful prison escape stories like Cool Hand Luke and The Great Escape, Escape from Alcatraz delivers methodical tension and a bleak atmosphere; Not for you if you want nonstop excitement or deep character journeys.
Pros: great escape tension; strong lead performance; memorable prison mood | Cons: slow pacing at times; limited character depth; timeline/time passage unclear
Themes
- prison
- island
- based on novel or book
- escape
- san francisco, california
- alcatraz prison
- prison warden
- based on true story
- prison escape
- 1960s
- escape plan
- apologetic
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Frank Morris
Patrick McGoohan
as Warden
Roberts Blossom
as Doc
Jack Thibeau
as Clarence Anglin
Fred Ward
as John Anglin
Paul Benjamin
as English
Larry Hankin
as Charley Butts
Bruce M. Fischer
as Wolf
Frank Ronzio
as Litmus
Fred Stuthman
as Johnson
Directed by Don Siegel