Escape from Alcatraz

(1979)

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| Film | USA | Colour | Biography, Crime, Drama | 1h 52min
| Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom | Director: Don Siegel

The allegedly true story of a 1960 escape from the prison on a rock in San Francisco Bay

Cast

(55)
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Photograph of Irish-American actor, Patrick McGoohan (1)
Warden Arthur Dollison
Roberts Blossom
Chester ‘Doc’ Dalton
Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin
Fred Ward
John Anglin
Paul Benjamin
English
Larry Hankin
Charley Butts
Bruce M Fischer
Wolf
Frank Ronzio
Litmus
Fred Stuthman
Johnson
David Cryer
Wagner
Madison Arnold
Zimmerman
Blair Burrows
Fight Guard
Bob Balhatchet
Medical Technical Assistant
Matthew Locricchio
Exam Guard
Don Michaelian
Beck
Ray K Goman
Cellblock Capt
Jason Ronard
Bobs
Ed Vasgersian
Cranston
Ron Vernan
Stone
Regina Baff
Lucy
Hank Brandt
Associate Warden
Candace Bowen
English’s Daughter
Joe Miksak
Police Sgt
Stephen Bradley
Exam Guard
Garry Goodrow
Weston
Ross Reynolds
Helicopter Pilot
Al Dunlap
Visitors’ Guard
Denis Berkfeldt
Guard
Jim Haynie
Guard
Tony Dario
Guard
Fritz Manes
Guard
Dana Derfus
Guard
Don Cummins
Guard
Gordon Handforth
Guard
John Scanlon
Guard
Don Watters
Guard
Dan Leegant
Guard
Joe Knowland
Guard
James Collier
Guard
R J Ganzert
Guard
Robert Hirschfeld
Guard
Lloyd Nelson
Guard
George Orrison
Guard
The Railway Children (1970) screenshot (5) | Gary Warren
Gary Warren
Guard
Joseph Whipp
Guard
Terry Wills
Guard
John Garabedian
Guard
Dale Alvarez
Inmate
Sheldon Feldner
Inmate
Danny Glover
Inmate
Carl Lumbly
Inmate
Patrick Valentino
Inmate
Gilbert Thomas Jr
Inmate
Eugene Jackson
Inmate
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Reviews

(1)

A dour, terse, depressing prison movie that makes an uncomfortable star vehicle and not very much of an entertainment, but does preserve a certain integrity right to its ambiguous ending. (Halliwell’s)

Production

(5)
Don Siegel [as Donald Siegel]
Director / Producer
Fritz Manes
Producer (associate producer)
Robert Daley
Producer (executive producer)
J Campbell Bruce
Writer (book)
Richard Tuggle
Writer (screenplay)

Companies

(2)
Paramount Pictures
Production company
The Malpaso Company
Production company