---
title: 'Escape from Alcatraz (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Don Siegel'
released: '1979-06-22'
runtime_minutes: 111
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/escape-from-alcatraz-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

1979 · PG · 111 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel, that depicts the June 1962 prisoner escape from the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle, is based on the 1963 non-fiction book by J. Campbell Bruce, and stars Clint Eastwood as escape ringleader Frank Lee Morris, alongside Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, and Larry Hankin, with Danny Glover appearing in his film debut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Don Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-siegel)
- **Producer:** [Don Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-siegel)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Tuggle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tuggle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-fielding)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruce Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-surtees)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [Carl Lumbly](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lumbly)
- [Danny Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-glover)
- [Larry Hankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-hankin) as Charley Butts
- [Fritz Manes](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-manes)
- [Joseph Whipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-whipp)
- [Patrick McGoohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-mcgoohan)
- [Paul Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-benjamin)
- [Roberts Blossom](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberts-blossom) as Doc
- [Jim Haynie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-haynie)
- [Robert Hirschfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hirschfeld)
- [Garry Goodrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-goodrow) as Weston
- [Madison Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/madison-arnold)
- [Jack Thibeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-thibeau) as Clarence Anglin
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood) as Frank Lee Morris
- [Bruce M. Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-m-fischer) as Wolf

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