

The stellar cast includes Fred Ward (Remo Williams), Roberts Blossom (Deranged), Jack Thibeau (Sudden Impact), Paul Benjamin (Across 110th Street) and Larry Hankin (Running Scared). Most people know about the notorious 1962 Alcatraz prison break from the 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape From Alcatraz. Directors Don Siegel Clint Eastwood Writers Harry Julian Fink Rita M. 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. The film most closely associated with it, however, is Escape From Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. 99+ Photos Action Crime Thriller When a man calling himself 'the Scorpio Killer' menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath. Patrick McGoohan (Ice Station Zebra, TV’s The Prisoner) is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. 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. Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the maximum security prison at Alcatraz.

Screen legend Clint Eastwood (Coogan’s Bluff, Dirty Harry) and director Don Siegel (Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Beguiled) re-team for their fifth and final film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum-security prison at Alcatraz. (as Donald Siegel) Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Jerry Fielding Cinematography by Bruce Surtees.
