The escape from Alcatraz

Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel reunite in their fifth collaboration - a fascinating portrayal of the three individuals who ever escaped from Alcatraz. In the 29 years of this escape-proof federal penitentiary, where Al Capone and 'Birdman' Robert Stroud were incarcerated, there was only one successful escape - by three men, of whom no one had ever heard. Eastwood plays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who planned this clever, detailed, and as far as known, successful escape. Patrick McGoohan is excellent as his adversary, a suspicious guard. Filmed on location at Alcatraz, this gritty, realistic adaptation of a true story has the pace and power expected from an Eastwood/Siegel film.