Escape from Alcatraz 1979 Watch Free in HD

No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris. In 29 years, this seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and 'Birdman' Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates never heard of again.

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman, David Cryer, ...»

Director:

Don Siegel

Country:

United States

Release:

1979

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

112 min

Chicago Sun-Times

It's one of those very difficult exercises in which large emotions, like the compulsion to be free, are reflected in minute actions, like the chipping away at stone with a pocket nail clipper.

October 23, 2004

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Shadows on the Wall

Classy and intriguing.

June 12, 2004

CinePassion

Siegel stages it all like a collection of haikus, all grilled corners and hard camera pans, not a single wasted frame

November 13, 2009

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Time Out

It's an austere depiction of the tedious routines of prison life, and of the courage and strength of spirit needed in coping with unpleasant warders, tough fellow-inmates, and a life sentence.

January 26, 2006

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Tolucan Times

Eastwood and McGoohan make this work.

September 21, 2004

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One of the better prison break films.

September 01, 2010

eFilmCritic.com

Eastwood adds a lot of grit to this entertaining prison flick.

April 17, 2005

New York Times

What Mr. Siegel has made is fiction, a first-rate action movie that is about the need and the decision to take action, as well as the action itself.

May 20, 2003

Common Sense Media

Quiet, tense prison break drama has violence, profanity.

April 15, 2015

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Combustible Celluloid

Escape from Alcatraz was the last of five films that Don Siegel directed with Clint Eastwood, and it's the end of an impeccable track record.

June 18, 2009

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Variety

Escape from Alcatraz is relentless in establishing a mood and pace of unrelieved tension.

March 26, 2009

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