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.

• DirectorDon Siegel
• Release22 June 1979
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration1h 53m
• Budget$8,000,000
• Revenue$43,004,381
• Rate
  

  7.5
  2921 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures, Malpaso Productions