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2 unusual facts about Escape from Alcatraz


Escape from Alcatraz

June 1962 Alcatraz escape, possibly the only successful escape attempt from the prison.

Battle of Alcatraz, the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt which lasted from May 2–4, 1946


Alcatraz Dining Hall

It has appeared in films such as Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood's Escape from Alcatraz (1979), and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), which has a scene spoofing the dining room scenes of the 1979 film.

Alcatraz Island in popular culture

Don Siegel's 1979 thriller Escape from Alcatraz chronicles the story of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, who successfully escaped from Alcatraz in 1962, although it is unknown whether they survived the trip across the bay.

June 1962 Alcatraz escape

The 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz stars Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau as Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin, respectively.

Rufe Persful

In the 1979, Don Siegel-Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz, Persful's hand mutilation was enacted in the movie.


see also

James Lucas

James C. Lucas (1912–1963), American criminal, took part in an attempted escape from Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1938