Escape from Alcatraz

1979 · 113 min · Original language: English

TMDB 7.5/10 · 3,286 votes

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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