Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

	Directed by: Don Siegel	COUNTRY USA GENRE Prison thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Flukten fra Alcatraz RUNNING TIME 112 minutes
	Produced by: Don Siegel Robert Daley
	Written by (based on the book by J. Campbell Bruce): Richard Tuggle

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Frank Morris	Clint Eastwood
The Warden	Patrick McGoohan	½
John Anglin	Fred Ward	½
Clarence Anglin	Jack Thibeau	-
Charley Butts	Larry Hankin
Litmus	Frank Ronzio	-
Chester "Doc" Dalton	Roberts Blossom	-
English	Paul Benjamin	½
Wolf Grace	Bruce M. Fischer	-
Inmate	Danny Glover	-

Review

Level-headed and detailed, although never fully absorbing rendition of what is believed to be the only successful escape from the Alcatraz prison, back in 1962. This was the fifth collaboration between director Don Siegel and star Clint Eastwood. And although it was a solid swansong for them and garnered fine reviews at the time, the film lacks the electric suspense of their magnum opus Dirty Harry. Eastwood is fine in one of his better performances during this part of his career. And there is also solid supporting work from Fred Ward, Larry Hankin, Paul Benjamin and Roberts Blossom. The screenwriter is Richard Tuggle, who went on to pen the Eastwood vehicle Tightrope a few years later.