Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Directed by Don Siegel

Escape from Alcatraz movie poster

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.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Bruce Surtees · Composer: Jerry Fielding · Editor: Ferris Webster · Production Design: Allen E. Smith

Production: Paramount Pictures

Budget: $8.0M

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