No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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Standard length · 1h 53m
At 1h 53m it sits between 90 minutes and two hours.
Drama · Thriller
TMDB files it under drama and thriller.
9 subscriptions · 1 free · 5 to rent · 5 to buy
Included with 9 subscription services: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, and 6 more. Free or ad-supported on YouTube Free. Listed to rent from 5 stores. Listed to buy from 5 stores.
7.5 / 10 on TMDB
TMDB users rate it 7.5 out of 10 across 3,313 votes, a strong audience score. That is a large sample of voters.
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The Rock
1996, 2h 17m
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
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