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Escape from Alcatraz refers to events surrounding real or fictional escape attempts from a former prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

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June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt

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John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California...

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List of Alcatraz escape attempts

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Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from...

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Escape from Alcatraz

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Escape from Alcatraz may also refer to: June 1962 Alcatraz escape, possibly the only successful escape attempt from the prison Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon)...

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Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

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strong currents of San Francisco Bay, prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's most secure prison. The three-story cellhouse...

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Alcatraz Island

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into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The strong currents around the island and cold water temperatures made escape nearly impossible, and...

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Battle of Alcatraz

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The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two...

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Alcatraz Island in popular culture

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penitentiary (now a museum) – from which, officially, no prisoner ever successfully escaped. Most appearances of Alcatraz island in popular culture are...

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Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe

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Roe (born February 5, 1906) took part in the second documented escape attempt from Alcatraz, in 1937. Although officials were quick to conclude they died...

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Larry Hankin

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character actor. He has had major film roles as Charley Butts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Ace in Running Scared (1986), and Carl Alphonse in Billy...

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Rufus Franklin

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served a life sentence in Alcatraz. He is best known for taking part in the third documented attempted escape from Alcatraz Prison with Thomas R. Limerick...

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Don Siegel

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including the police thriller Dirty Harry (1971) and the prison drama Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He also directed John Wayne's final film, the Western The...

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Roberts Blossom

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Great Gatsby (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Christine (1983), and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)...

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Fred Ward

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Italian television movie in 1973, he appeared in such diverse films as Escape from Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Right Stuff, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle...

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John Paul Scott

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sent to Alcatraz Island in 1959 and given prisoner number #AZ 1403. On the evening of December 16, 1962, the 35-year-old tried to escape from the island...

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Clint Eastwood filmography

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Eastwood portrayed prisoner Frank Morris in the Don Siegel–directed Escape from Alcatraz. Eastwood's debut as a producer began in 1982 with two films, Firefox...

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Patrick McGoohan

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1st Earl of Moray in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), the Warden in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Dr. Paul Ruth in Scanners (1981), King Edward I in Braveheart...

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Jack Thibeau

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known for playing the prisoner Clarence Anglin in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. During his career, he frequently appeared in other movies that starred...

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Henri Young

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of prison terms, attempted to escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary with four other inmates in 1939. During the escape attempt two inmates, Dale Stamphill...

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Alcatraz Dining Hall

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Alcatraz Dining Hall, often referred to as the Mess Hall, is the dining hall of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary where the prisoners and staff ate their meals...

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Clarence Carnes

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youngest inmate incarcerated at Alcatraz and for his participation in the bloody escape attempt known as the "Battle of Alcatraz". Clarence Carnes was born...

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Richard Tuggle

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an American film director and writer best known as the writer of Escape from Alcatraz, the writer and director of Tightrope, and the director of Out of...

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