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1979
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel that depicts the June 1962 prisoner escape from the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle, is based on the 1963 non-fiction book by J. Campbell Bruce, and stars Clint Eastwood as escape ringleader Frank Lee Morris, alongside Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, and Larry…
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Source This is a 1979 film directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. It is based on true events and tells the story of the escape of three prisoners from the infamous Alcatraz prison in 1962. The film focuses on Frank Morris, played by Clint Eastwood, a cunning and determined prisoner who arrives at Alcatraz, known as "The Rock", a maximum security prison located on an island off San Francisco. Toge…More
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Clint Eastwood, in his long acting career, only once played a real historical character. Since this happened at the zenith of his action-film stardom, the person in question had to have participated in a spectacular and extraordinary event. Such is the protagonist of *Escape from Alcatraz*, the 1979 prison drama directed by Don Siegel. The plot begins in 1960, when convicted armed robber Frank Morris arrives to serv…More
This movie is based on actual events (it actually sticks to the facts pretty well, according to people that were there) and follows the story of the men who succeeded in escaping the inescapable island prison of Alcatraz. source Although nobody knows if the 3 men who escaped from their cells in 1962 actually survived after getting out of the prison, there is no information to prove they didn't and plenty of "half-in…More
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