Escape from Alcatraz

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19/12/1997

BBC One - Escape from Alcatraz

Convict Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) attempts America's most daring jail break.

Escape from America's most notorious maximum-security was supposed to be impossible, but for convict Frank Morris, Alcatraz is just another set of walls that will never hold him.

Fact-based story set in America's former maximum-security prison, from which escape was supposed to be impossible. For habitual jailbreaker Frank Morris, Alcatraz is just another set of bars and walls that will never hold him.

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