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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 90% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic76/100
3,274 audience votes
Key crew
- Don SiegelDirector
- Richard TuggleScreenplay
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clint EastwoodFrank Morris
- Patrick McGoohanWarden
- Roberts BlossomDoc
- Jack ThibeauClarence Anglin
- Fred WardJohn Anglin
- Paul BenjaminEnglish
- Larry HankinCharley Butts
- Bruce M. FischerWolf
- Frank RonzioLitmus
- Fred StuthmanJohnson
- David CryerWagner
- Hank BrandtAssociate Warden
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Themes
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The Best Movies of 1979
Escape from Alcatraz is #10 of 60
