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894 Global Ranking
Wins 48% of its Matchups
5022 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
56010 Total Times Ranked
3 Have It At #1
52 Have It In Their Top 20
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz... And no one ever will!
Directed By Don Siegel Don Siegel Starring Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood • Patrick McGoohan Patrick McGoohan • Roberts Blossom Roberts Blossom • Larry Hankin Larry Hankin • Bruce M. Fischer Bruce M. Fischer • Madison Arnold Madison Arnold • Bob Balhat-Chet Bob Balhat-Chet • Denis Berkfeldt Denis Berkfeldt • Hank Brandt Hank Brandt • Blair Burrows Blair Burrows Genres Action • Escape Film • Prison Film Release Info 1979-06-22T00:00:00Z June 22, 1979 Color • 112 minutes PG see more films from 1979 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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Escape from Alcatraz vs. Good Will Hunting
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Escape from Alcatraz vs. The Shawshank Redemption
robmoviefilms13 said on 3/28/2020
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JC13 on 3/10/2015 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Don Siegel is a very under appreciated director. This one here is damn good. Eastwood is the man. My 999th movie on Flickchart.
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Caesar on 3/20/2016 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
This movie totally ripped off The Shawshank Redemption, even though it came out 15 years earlier.
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Eagleskywalker87 on 10/20/2018 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It is good but definitely the poor mans’ Shawshank Redemption. My 654th movie on Flickchart.
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johnmason on 5/3/2020 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's even got its own Mr. Jingles!
aSfSteve on Feb 15 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Great film, you can definitely see the influence that it had on Shawshank Redemption.
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