Escape from Alcatraz

1979 • 1h 53m • Drama, Thriller

97%Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Director

Don Siegel

Writers

Richard Tuggle, Don Siegel

Status

Released