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.

Cast

Clint EastwoodFrank Morris

Patrick McGoohanWarden

Roberts BlossomDoc

Jack ThibeauClarence Anglin

Fred WardJohn Anglin