Escape from Alcatraz
It is the story of the federal prison that is not completely penetrable throughout the ages. It is the prison of Alcatraz, which has been broken once in history. The barriers of that federal prison, once fortified in history for twenty-nine years, have been broken by three criminals, Al Capone and 'Berdman' Robert Stroud. This may have been the time the three prisoners managed to break their belts, but this may not be repeated over the centuries.
31 August 1940, New York City, New York, USA
8 July 1922, California, USA
14 August 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
26 June 1920, Rhode Island, USA
16 March 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 December 1928, The Bronx, New York, USA
29 April 1939, USA
25 March 1924, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
26 July 1930, Oakland, California, USA
November 13, 2009
Siegel stages it all like a collection of haikus, all grilled corners and hard camera pans, not a single wasted frame
April 17, 2005
Eastwood adds a lot of grit to this entertaining prison flick.
October 23, 2004
It's one of those very difficult exercises in which large emotions, like the compulsion to be free, are reflected in minute actions, like the chipping away at stone with a pocket nail clipper.
June 12, 2004
Classy and intriguing.
April 15, 2015
Quiet, tense prison break drama has violence, profanity.
January 26, 2006
It's an austere depiction of the tedious routines of prison life, and of the courage and strength of spirit needed in coping with unpleasant warders, tough fellow-inmates, and a life sentence.
September 01, 2010
One of the better prison break films.
May 20, 2003
What Mr. Siegel has made is fiction, a first-rate action movie that is about the need and the decision to take action, as well as the action itself.
June 18, 2009
Escape from Alcatraz was the last of five films that Don Siegel directed with Clint Eastwood, and it's the end of an impeccable track record.
March 26, 2009
Escape from Alcatraz is relentless in establishing a mood and pace of unrelieved tension.
September 21, 2004
Eastwood and McGoohan make this work.
