Escape From Alcatraz

1979 • 111 minutes

About this movie

Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegal re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once- by three men never heard of again. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. Patrick McGoohan is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic reenactment of a true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie.

Ratings and reviews

Im only nine years old but at school this april i did a wax mueseum and i was al capone and in this movie al capone is living but in real lime he died on jan 25 1947 but it is cool how three people escaped

I love Alcatraz in real life so I thought that this would be a good movie watching and it was great! P.S my favorite prisoner is Frank Lee Morris,and I have done my research about Frank Lee Morris and I know that in 2012!

Clinton Eastwood never disappoints! A pretty accurate account of this true story IMO. Very well done. I recommend.