Escape from Alcatraz
7.5
“No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!”
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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Cast
55 people
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Known for
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Patrick McGoohan
Warden
Known for
Braveheart
The Prisoner
Roberts Blossom
Doc
Known for
Home Alone
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin
Known for
Sudden Impact
The Hitcher
Fred Ward
John Anglin
Known for
Tremors
2 Guns
Paul Benjamin
English
Known for
Do the Right Thing
The Station Agent
Larry Hankin
Charley Butts
Known for
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Home Alone
Bruce M. Fischer
Wolf
Known for
The Journey of Natty Gann
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Frank Ronzio
Litmus
Known for
Fear City
Fred Stuthman
Johnson
Known for
The Private Eyes
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
David Cryer
Wagner
Known for
American Gigolo
Hank Brandt
Associate Warden
Known for
Dumb and Dumber
Galactica 1980
Don Siegel Director · Richard Tuggle Screenplay J. Campbell Bruce Author
Worldwide gross $43M · Budget $8M · United States release June 22, 1979
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$43,004,381
Gross vs. budget
5.4×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Malpaso Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · June 22, 1979
Theatrical
United States · June 22, 1979
Theatrical
Australia
December 6, 1979 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 19, 1979 · Theatrical
January 15, 2001 · Physical
Denmark
November 5, 1979 · Theatrical
Finland
January 25, 1980 · Theatrical
France
October 31, 1979 · Theatrical
July 1, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 31, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv
May 31, 2026 · TV · Arte
September 8, 2026 · TV · Action
Germany
September 20, 1979 · Theatrical · West Germany
August 8, 1987 · TV · East Germany
March 3, 2001 · Physical · DVD
May 31, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
May 31, 2026 · TV · Arte
Greece
December 13, 1979 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 20, 1979 · Theatrical
Indonesia
June 4, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Ireland
January 25, 1980 · Theatrical
Italy
August 30, 1979 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
October 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Japan
December 15, 1979 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 15, 1979 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 8, 1979 · Theatrical
July 10, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
February 13, 2013 · Physical · BD
Norway
February 5, 1980 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 19, 1980 · Theatrical
Poland
January 1, 1984 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 21, 1980 · Theatrical
Romania
June 22, 1979 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 25, 2017 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
February 19, 2002 · Physical
Spain
December 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 10, 1979 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
May 7, 2001 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
November 2, 1979 · Theatrical
Uruguay
November 1, 1979 · Theatrical
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