Escape from Alcatraz is a movie directed by Don Siegel in 1979 and based on the book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce, first published in 1963. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Larry Hankin, and others.
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Storyline
In early 1960, Frank Morris, a prisoner with an exceptional I.Q. who has absconded from other facilities, arrives at the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. Soon after arriving, he is summoned to the office of the warden, who curtly informs him that Alcatraz is unique within the U.S. prison system for its exceedingly high level of security and that no inmate has ever successfully escaped.
Movie vs Book
Year
1979
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
Director: Don Siegel
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Length: 1h52m
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Year
1963
Pages
240
Book Rate
7.16
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Book
Escape from Alcatraz
Author: J. Campbell Bruce
Country: USA
First published in: 1963
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Biography
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“If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.”
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