Escape from Alcatraz

Directed by Don Siegel, "Escape from Alcatraz" unfolds on the inhospitable island of San Francisco Bay in January 1960, where Frank Lee Morris arrives at the notorious federal penitentiary. Among the indomitable spirits incarcerated within Alcatraz's formidable walls, Morris hatches an audacious plot with fellow inmates, meticulously planning an escape from a place where none had ever succeeded.