Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · 1h 53m · Drama, Thriller · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
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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Don Siegel7.5Smart score
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1960salcatraz prisonapologeticassertivebased on novel or bookbased on true storydefiantescapeescape planislandprisonprison escapeprison wardensan francisco, california
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