

Escape from Alcatraz(1979)
"No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!"
Overview
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.
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Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris

Patrick McGoohan
Warden

Roberts Blossom
Doc

Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin

Fred Ward
John Anglin

Paul Benjamin
English

Larry Hankin
Charley Butts

Bruce M. Fischer
Wolf

Frank Ronzio
Litmus

Fred Stuthman
Johnson
David Cryer
Wagner

Hank Brandt
Associate Warden
Ray K. Goman
Cellblock Captain
Blair Burrows
Fight Guard

Madison Arnold
Zimmerman

Garry Goodrow
Weston
Ron Vernan
Stone
Ed Vasgersian
Cranston
Matthew Locricchio
Exam Guard #1
Bob Balhatchet
Medical Technical Assistant
Stephen Bradley
Exam Guard #2

Regina Baff
Lucy

Joe Miksak
Police Sgt.
Candace Bowen
English's Daughter
Don Michaelian
Beck
Dan Leegant
Guard
John Garabedian
Guard

Jason Ronard
Bobs
Ross Reynolds
Helicopter Pilot
Al Dunlap
Visitors' Guard
Denis Berkfeldt
Guard

Jim Haynie
Guard
Tony Dario
Guard

Fritz Manes
Guard
Dana Derfus
Guard
Don Cummins
Guard
Gordon Handforth
Guard
John Scanlon
Guard
Don Watters
Guard
Joe Knowland
Guard
James Collier
Guard
R. J. Ganzert
Guard
Robert Hirschfeld
Guard

Lloyd Nelson
Guard

George Orrison
Guard

Gary Warren
Guard

Joseph Whipp
Guard
Terry Wills
Guard
Dale Alvarez
Inmate

Sheldon Feldner
Inmate

Danny Glover
Inmate

Carl Lumbly
Inmate
Patrick Valentino
Inmate
Gilbert Thomas Jr.
Inmate

Eugene Jackson
Inmate
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