Escape From Alcatraz

Adventure following a group of convicts’attempts to break out of the world’s most notorious prison, based on an actual event in 1962., Set in the early 1960s, this fact-based chronicle details the story of a group of inmates who plot a daring breakout from the maximum-security institution off the coast of San Francisco., No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood). This Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a reenactment of Frank Morris’ 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock. Eastwood, as Morris, tilts with nasty warden Patrick McGoohan for a while, befriends several fellow prisoners, and picks the guys with whom he’ll make his escape. Among his break-out buddies are the Anglin Brothers (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), with whom he’d served in other lockups, and several others who’ve got their own special reasons to despise the sadistic McGoohan. Filmed on location at the newly renovated Alcatraz, Escape From Alcatraz was another box-office winner for the Eastwood/Siegel combo., Dramatisation of possibly the only successful escape attempt from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island., Clint Eastwood stars in Dirty Harry director Don Siegel’s prison break classic, which is based on a real-life attempt to do what was supposed to be impossible: escape from the notorious island penitentiary off the Californian coast. Frank Morris has been transferred to Alcatraz after persistently making attempts to escape from mainland jails. Officials believe that, now on The Rock, he’ll cause them no further grief while serving his life sentence. But, constantly harassed by the prison warden and fellow convicts, Morris has other ideas. He shares his plans with three other prisoners – Clarence and John Anglin and Charley Butts – and together they gradually set about making their strike for freedom… The director ditches the standard prison-break flick’s obsession with action for a more considered, suspenseful focus on the why and how of their bid., Clint Eastwood stars in; Dirty Harry director Don Siegel’s prison break classic, which is based on a real-life attempt to do what was supposed to be impossible: escape from Alcatraz, the notorious island penitentiary off the Californian coast. Frank Morris (Eastwood) has been transferred to Alcatraz after persistently making attempts to escape from mainland jails. Officials believe that, on The Rock, he’ll cause them no further grief while serving his life sentence. But, constantly harassed by the prison warden and fellow convicts, Morris has other ideas. He shares his plans with three other prisoners – Clarence and John Anglin and Charley Butts – and together they gradually set about making their strike for freedom… The director ditches the standard prison-break flick’s obsession with action for a more considered, suspenseful focus on the why and how of their bid., Set in the early 1960s, this fact-based chronicle details the story of a group of inmates who plot a daring breakout from the maximum-security institution off the coast of San Francisco. Filmed on location.