The three were never found, and it's not clear whether they drowned in the frigid waters of the bay, or made it to freedom and lived out their lives.Ī 1963 book about the daring escape became the hit 1979 film, "Escape from Alcatraz. Almost all were killed or immediately captured, but in 1963, three men - Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin - managed to slip away. In the nearly 30 years that Alcatraz housed prisoners, at least three dozen men attempted to escape. Its remote location, surrounded by icy water and sharks gave the place a reputation as inescapable and made it an ideal spot for the government to send prisoners who were too difficult or out-of-control for other institutions. A former lighthouse and military garrison, it became a military prison in 1868, and the location was so perfect for confinement that in 1934, Alcatraz was transformed into a federal prison. Take the chance with this fortress.Do you know which film star played convict Frank Morris, or what the three escapees used to construct their raft? Remember what the warden secretly threw into the water at the end of the film? See if you have the know-how to earn a perfect score on this "Escape from Alcatraz" quiz!Ī little over a mile off the coast of San Francisco sits Alcatraz Island. We've been down this path before, but this efficient offering plays it cards in a very understated manner and is to the point that I found it hard not to be fascinated by it's bitter depiction.
Fischer, Fred Ward and Larry Hankin as the edgily weak-minded Charley Butts are memorably excellent in their parts. Patrick McGoohan is sinisterly fine as the warden and Robert Blossom and Frank Ronzio are delightfully moving as two elder prison inmates. The support roles are reliably good, even if they are stuck with generic characters. Clint Eastwood plays it quite steely and lean. Jerry Fielding's poignantly lingering and uncanny music score only adds more to the nauseating air whiffed up through the presentation. Being shot on Alcatraz help chipped out such a towering and gritty presence the film held strongly and Bruce Surtees' fixedly expressive cinematography gets amongst the shadowy, dank and gloomy interior. Pacing is quite subdued, but this helps enhances the creaky mood and sophomoric nature of Alcatraz. There's nothing overwrought here and gladly it doesn't succumb to that. But it when comes to the forefront it manages to be cunning, but also touching. The well-articulated script by Richard Tuggle is scanty with a lot of quiet patches. It starts of small and stays that way to the end, even with its dominantly large situation. The smartly layered plot works this into the characters very successfully and despite the predictability, it stays admirably honest without the need of sensationalising the facts and ambiguous conclusion. Like quoted in the film the rock would either break you or inspire you to fight on. There's nothing explosive and downright exciting, but there's spirit lurking under the cold looking domain that eventually comes through. The build up doesn't sway off course, but sticks to its simple narrative and characteristics with effective results. It's hard not marvel at Siegel's sturdily compact craftsmanship in depicting the dour prison life with moody realism and how the story eventually folds out into a tautly drawn up break out attempt.
Campbell Bruce's novel (and the supposed true story) of the only three men to break out of Alcatraz.
On their filth and final partnership they come up with another genuine winner in the shape of the grippingly harrowing and sedated prison yarn shaped off J. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom Directed By: Don Siegel Synopsis: Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. You can always count on the influential pairing of Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel. Morris actually discovers a possible way of escape and carefully plans it out with the aid of a couple of inmates. Through a small glimpse of hope and luck. Morris makes some friends, but also an enemy which wants to see him dead, after turning down his proposal with brute force. The prison warden intends to keep it that way. The maximum security prison life is jarringly miserable and hopeless. Frank Morris was a bank robber who has escape many prisons in his time, but for his troubles his transported from Atlanta and shipped off to the rock they call Alcatraz.
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