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Alcatraz Breakout

1978-01-01 · 58 min · ★ 4.5

Drama · Thriller

America's most feared prison. The nation's worst gangsters, such men as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Alvin Karpis have been broken there, and no man has ever escaped from "The Rock." Alcatraz and its impregnable walls, escape-proof, until inmate 1313-0 proved it wasn't!

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Directors
Nick Millard
Production companies
World Video Picture
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Barrett CooperWarden
Albert EskinaziHarding
Irmgard MillardWife
Ray MylesGeorge Frasier
Marland ProctorMarland ProctorJohn Grant, Inmate 1313

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