Film record

Escape from Alcatraz

1979Feature film112 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · action film · prison film

Credits

Direction

Don Siegel — Directing

Cast

Clint Eastwood — Acting (Frank Lee Morris)
Patrick McGoohan — Acting
Fred Ward — Acting (John Anglin)
Larry Hankin — Acting (Charley Butts)
Jack Thibeau — Acting (Clarence Anglin)
Roberts Blossom — Acting (Chester « Doc » Dalton)
Bruce M. Fischer — Acting (Wolf)
Garry Goodrow — Acting (Weston)
Paul Benjamin — Acting
Frank Ronzio — Acting
Danny Glover — Acting
Carl Lumbly — Acting
Jim Haynie — Acting
Madison Arnold — Acting
Joseph Whipp — Acting
Fritz Manes — Acting
Robert Hirschfeld — Acting

Writing

Richard Tuggle — Screenwriting

Production

Don Siegel — Production

Music

Jerry Fielding — Music composition

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees — Cinematography

Editing

Ferris Webster — Editing

Art department

Allen E. Smith — Production design

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
20 Sep 1979Checked 11 Sep 2026
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