Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $8,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $43,004,381.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 7.6799 |
Directed By
Don Siegel
Crew
Don Siegel
Edward J. McDonald
Ferris Webster
Marion Dougherty
Don Siegel
Wallis Nicita
Allen E. Smith
Robert Daley
Lloyd Nelson
H. William Miller
Joe McKinney
Bob Bergdahl
Glenn Wright
Joel Cox
June Edgerton
Tim Board
Ray Mullen
Bruce Surtees
Richard Tuggle
Gary Kalkin
John Reade
Jack Terry
John T. Reitz
Rick Neff
Chuck Gaspar
Gene Lauritzen
Alan Robert Murray
Luigi Alfano
Bert Hallberg
Chuck Holmes
Bub Asman
Ron Grover
Fritz Manes
Larry Bird
Jerry Fielding
Charles Saldaña III
Gilbert Thomas Jr.
TOP CAST
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
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