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Escape from Alcatraz (1979) [PG]

Release Date:
June 22, 1979

Original Title:
Escape from Alcatraz

Alternate Titles:
Evadare din Alcatraz
Flukten fra Alcatraz
Fuga de Alcatraz
La fuga de Alcatraz
Pabėgimas iš Alkatraso
逃出亞卡拉

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Malpaso Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12|14  DE: 12  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: U  GB: 15  GR: 13  IE: 15  JP: G  NL: 12  PL: 12  RO: 15  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 113

No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Assistant Director:
Luigi Alfano

Assistant Editor:
Joel Cox
Tim Board

Associate Producer:
Fritz Manes

Book:
J. Campbell Bruce

Camera Operator:
Bob Bergdahl
Rick Neff

Casting:
Wallis Nicita
Marion Dougherty

Construction Coordinator:
Gene Lauritzen

Costume Supervisor:
Glenn Wright

Director:
Don Siegel

Director of Photography:
Bruce Surtees

Editor:
Ferris Webster

Executive Producer:
Robert Daley

Gaffer:
Chuck Holmes

Key Grip:
Charles Saldaña

Makeup Artist:
Joe McKinney

Music Editor:
June Edgerton

Original Music Composer:
Jerry Fielding

Producer:
Don Siegel

Production Design:
Allen E. Smith

Property Master:
Larry Bird

Screenplay:
Richard Tuggle

Script Supervisor:
Lloyd Nelson

Set Decoration:
Edward J. McDonald

Songs:
Gilbert Thomas Jr.

Sound Effects Editor:
Bub Asman
Alan Robert Murray

Sound Mixer:
Bert Hallberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
John T. Reitz

Special Effects:
Chuck Gaspar

Still Photographer:
Ron Grover

Transportation Co-Captain:
H. William Miller
Ray Mullen

Transportation Coordinator:
John Reade

Unit Production Manager:
Jack Terry

Unit Publicist:
Gary Kalkin

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