- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward
- Directors: Don Siegel
- Writers: J. Campbell Bruce, Richard Tuggle
- Producers: Don Siegel, Fritz Manes, Robert Daley
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Paramount
- VHS Release Date: 13 Feb 1995
- Run Time: 112 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CIVB
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,049 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara and this enigmatic, 1979 drama based on a true story about an escape from the island prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays a new convict who enters into a kind of mind game with the chilly warden (Patrick McGoohan) and organises a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists. --Tom Keogh
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Clint Eastwood takes the role of Frank Morris a very intelligent bank robber who supposedly escaped from Alcatraz. The film depicts Morris planning his way out (escaping through the cell wall with a pair of nail clippers). Once through this he as able to work out where the best place would be to escape from as well as construct a raft of some description and create a dummy to place in his bed so guards would not notice his abscence. Undeniable brilliance. Whilst Eastwood is without doubt the star and performs well I always feel that Patrick McGoohan as the Warden is most intense. The film wouldn't work without him. A great performance in my eyes. The bottom line is that this film is fascinating, enjoyable and entertaining. Not a bad combination.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This movie really gets the essence of what it must have been like "On the Rock". Having recently visited San Francisco I was amazed how accurate and real Hollywood manage to portray the Island. Clint Eastwood is his usual hard nosed self grinding his time out in the infamous penitentiary
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is such a great film from beginning to end! Filmed on location on 'The Rock' Eastwood plays a superb Frank Morris, with a lot of twists and turns in between! I've just returned from San Francisco and a visit to Alcatraz, and the tour guide there said that this film is incredibly accurate. A must see!!!
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The best Eastwood film ever
I collected almost all Clint Eastwood films.
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