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Escape from Alcatraz

on BBC One London

Tense drama based on a true story about a breakout from the "escape-proof" prison on Alcatraz island in San Francisco Bay.
Starring Clint Eastwood Alcatraz, 'the Rock', where only the toughest convicts are sent and no one gets out alive.
But for Frank Miller , habitual escapee, it's just another set of bars and walls that will never hold him.
Patrick McGoohan , who gained cult status in the TV series The
Prisoner, co-stars as the prison warden. It was the third time that Eastwood worked with director Don Siegel ; they had previously teamed up on Dirty Harry and Coogan's Bluff
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Contributors

Unknown:
San Francisco Bay.
Unknown:
Clint Eastwood
Unknown:
Frank Miller
Unknown:
Patrick McGoohan
Director:
Don Siegel
Frank Morris:
Clint Eastwood
Warden:
Patrick McGoohan
Doc:
Roberts Blossom
Clarence Anglin:
Jack Thibeau
JohnAnglin:
Fred Ward
English:
Paul Benjamin
Charley Butts:
Larry Hankin
Wolf:
Bruce Mfischer
Litmus:
Frank Ronzio
Johnson:
Fred Stuthman
Wagner:
David Cryer
Zimmerman:
Madison Arnold

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