Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Directed by Don Siegel
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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He has also been over the territory of "Escape from Alcatraz" before, in his classic "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954).
Don Siegel ("The Lineup"/"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"/"Riot in Cell Block 11") directs one of the better prison break films.
A return to Riot in Cell Block 11, and a belated "you�re welcome" to Bresson.
(Siegel completed his tour of famed California penal institutions with Escape From Alcatraz late in his career.)
Don Siegel ("The Lineup"/"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"/"Riot in Cell Block 11") directs one of the better prison break films.
Don Siegel ("The Lineup"/"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"/"Riot in Cell Block 11") directs one of the better prison break films.
Of all the directors Eastwood has worked with, the two most influential in shaping his screen persona have been Sergio Leone (of the Dollar Westerns) and Siegel (" Coogan's Bluff ," " Dirty Harry ").