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Escape from Alcatraz

1979 · Movie · 113 min· Updated May 2026
⭐7.5
🍅97%
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You can watch Escape from Alcatraz (1979) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

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.

Escape from Alcatraz is a film that explores themes of prison, island, based on novel or book. It also touches on escape and san francisco, california and alcatraz prison.

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Don Siegel

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Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman

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The poster features a menacing figure with a jagged, torn face emerging from a cracked, weathered surface. The dark, ominous colors and the unsettling expression convey a sense of danger and suspense.

Escape from Alcatraz

1979•⭐ 7.5•113 min•Updated May 2026
🌐English

You can watch Escape from Alcatraz (1979) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

Rated:PG
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7.5/10

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97%

76

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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.

Escape from Alcatraz is a film that explores themes of prison, island, based on novel or book. It also touches on escape and san francisco, california and alcatraz prison.

Director

Don Siegel

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman

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