Escape From Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood
Director: Don Siegel


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One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara, and this enigmatic, 1979 drama based on a true story about an escape from the island prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays a new convict who enters into a kind of mind game with the chilly warden (Patrick McGoohan) and organizes a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists.
Synopsis
Non-glamorous account of a prison break, based on a true 1962 escape attempt from the island, maximum-security penal institution in San Francisco Bay.

Video Description
The true story of how three men escaped from the maximum security prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays Frank Morris.

Video Annotation
Shot in DeLuxe color and Panavision. Additional cast: Bruce M. Fischer (Wolf), Fred Stuthman (Johnson), David Cryer (Wagner), Hank Brandt (Associate Warden), Ray K. Gorman (Cellblock Captain), Blair Burrows (Fight Guard), Madison Arnold (Zimmerman), Ron Vernan (Stone), Ed Vasgersian (Cranston), Matthew J. Locricchio (Exam Guard), Bob Balhatchet (Medical Technical Assistant), Stephen Bradley (Exam Guard), Regie Baff (Lucy), Joseph Miksak (Police Sergeant), Candace Bowen (English's Daughter), Don Michaelian (Beck), Dan Leegant (Guard), John Garabedian (Guard), Jason Ronard (Bobs), Al Dunlap (Visitor's Guard). Bit parts: Denis Berkfeldt, Jim Haynie, Tony Dario, Dana Derfus, Don Cummings, Gordon Handforth, John Scanlon, Don Watters, Joseph Knowland, James Collier, R.J. Ganzert, Robert Hirschfeld, Lloyd Nelson, Gary F. Warren and Terry Wills (all played Guards). Dale Alvarez, Sheldon Feldner, Patrick Valentino, and Gilbert Thomas Jr. (all played Inmates). Additional credits: Billy Walsh and Dennis Matsuda (camera assistants), Carol Rydall (dialogue coach), Pacific Title (titles and opticals). Actor Danny Glover made his first screen appearance in a bit role in "Escape from Alcatraz."

 

 

 

 

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