Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
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.
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#100524
Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
"this movie, the 19, what was it, 79? Escape from Alcatraz movie with Clint Eastwood was one of my favorite movies as a kid"
— Chuck
Chuck discusses the 1979 film about the Alcatraz escape and how he watched it as a child.
Oct 5, 2024
#090120
How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
"this movie, the 19, what was it, 79? Escape from Alcatraz movie with Clint Eastwood"
— Chuck
The episode is primarily about the real Alcatraz escape, and they discuss how the 1979 movie depicted the events.
Sep 1, 2020
#012718
SYSK Selects: Prisons - Not as Fun as You'd Think
"In Escape from Alcatraz, they took away the one guy's paints, the old dude that painted."
— Josh
Josh references the film as another example of guards confiscating prisoners' belongings.
Jan 27, 2018
#022516
(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously
"Or just go watch the Great Clint Eastwood movie, Escape from Alcatraz. Yeah. Because it's pretty darn accurate to the real story."
— Josh
Josh recommends the Clint Eastwood film as an accurate depiction of the 1962 Alcatraz escape by Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers.
Feb 25, 2016
#111511
How Alcatraz Works
"which brings us to the most famous escape attempt and possibly escape from the great, great movie, Escape from Alcatraz"
— Josh
Josh mentions this movie when discussing the famous 1962 escape attempt by Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers from Alcatraz prison.
Nov 15, 2011
#081210
Prisons: Not as Fun as You'd Think
"Well, and in Escape from Alcatraz, they took away the one guy's paints, the old dude that painted."
— Josh
Josh references this movie as another example of guards confiscating prisoners' personal items as punishment.
Aug 12, 2010
Cast
Clint Eastwood
Frank Morris
Patrick McGoohan
Warden
Roberts Blossom
Doc
Jack Thibeau
Clarence Anglin
Fred Ward
John Anglin
Paul Benjamin
English
Larry Hankin
Charley Butts
Bruce M. Fischer
Wolf
Frank Ronzio
Litmus
Fred Stuthman
Johnson
D
David Cryer
Wagner
Hank Brandt
Associate Warden
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