Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

06/22/1979 1h 53m

No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Clint Eastwood

as Frank Morris

Born 05/31/1930, age

Patrick McGoohan

as Warden

Born 03/19/1928

Died 01/13/2009, age

Roberts Blossom

as Doc

Born 03/25/1924

Died 07/08/2011, age

Jack Thibeau

as Clarence Anglin

Born 06/12/1946, age

Fred Ward

as John Anglin

Born 12/30/1942

Died 05/08/2022, age

Fred Stuthman

as Johnson

Born 06/27/1919

Died 07/07/1982, age

Jim Haynie

as Guard

Born 02/06/1940

Died 04/03/2021, age

Danny Glover

as Inmate

Born 07/22/1946, age

Carl Lumbly

as Inmate

Born 08/14/1951, age