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Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (Patrick McGoohan). Fed up with life at Alcatraz, Morris and two convict brothers (Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau) meticulously plan the unthinkable: an escape from the island.

2010 · 1h 47m
Director Don Siegel

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Escape From Alcatraz

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Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison's dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (Patrick McGoohan). Fed up with life at Alcatraz, Morris and two convict brothers (Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau) meticulously plan the unthinkable: an escape from the island.

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2010
Run Time
1 hr 47 min
Rated
16+
Region of Origin
United States
© 2004 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Russian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.