Name: History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman
Released: 2021-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gary Brierley, Michael Dyke, Michael Esslinger

TV Show · Documentary · History

The true stories of famous jailbreaks often go untold; bringing some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing escapes every step of the way including everything from the inmate's meticulous plan to the manhunt that followed.

2021 · 40m

Starring Gary Brierley, Michael Dyke, Michael Esslinger

Director Mitch Marcus

EPISODE 3

San Quentin Breakout

A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer one of the most audacious prison breaks of all time.

40 min
EPISODE 4

The Sobibor Revolt

During World War II, the Nazi war machine creates specialized called Death Camps; at Sobibor, in Poland, a small group of Jews engineer a mass escape and help bring the story of the holocaust to the rest of the world.

41 min
EPISODE 5

Escaping Devil's Island

Petty thief Rene Belbenoit is captured and sentenced to hard time at France's notorious penal colony in French Guiana; he is determined to escape or die trying, and his story becomes the basis of several popular movies in Hollywood.

40 min
EPISODE 6

Alton City Escape

Quawntay Adams, a young African American man from a South-Central Los Angeles gets caught up in a large-scale marijuana bust and is sentenced to a long prison term. But when he learns he is going to be a father, he determines to escape.

41 min