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Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film [3] [4] [5] directed and produced by Don Siegel. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle , is based on the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce, which recounts the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island .
John Knight Giles (February 16, 1895 – February 8, 1979) was an inmate at Alcatraz prison, most well known for an escape attempt in 1945. [1] [2] [3] He was originally sentenced to the United States Penitentiary on May 11, 1935, for attempted robbery of the Denver and Rio Grande Western mail train; he had previously been serving a life sentence in Oregon for murder before escaping.
Don Siegel. Donald Siegel (/ ˈsiːɡəl / SEE-gəl; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film director and producer. Siegel was described by The New York Times as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic loners". [1] He directed the science-fiction horror ...
List of Alcatraz escape attempts. Alcatraz Island from San Francisco, March 1962. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from the prison made by 34 prisoners during this time. [1] Two men tried twice, making for a total of 36 individual ...
Escape from Alcatraz (book), 1963 non-fiction book by J. Campbell Bruce. Escape from Alcatraz (film), 1979 film adaptation of the book, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. Escape from Alcatraz (album), 2003 album by rapper Rasco. Alcatraz: Prison Escape, a 2001 computer video game.
Escape from Alcatraz (book) Escape from Alcatraz. (book) Cover of the book. Escape from Alcatraz is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Campbell Bruce, [1][2][3][4][5] about the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary and the escape attempts made by the inmates. It was revised in 1976 and again in 2005.
Theodore "Ted" Cole (born April 6, 1912) [1] and Ralph Roe (born February 5, 1906) [2] took part in the second documented escape attempt from Alcatraz, in 1937. [3] Although officials were quick to conclude they died in the attempt, their remains were never found and their fate remains unknown, making the incident the first to challenge Alcatraz's reputation as an "escape-proof" prison.
Rufus William Franklin (January 15 1916 – May 26 1975) was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.He is best known for taking part in the third documented attempted escape from Alcatraz Prison with Thomas R. Limerick and James C. Lucas on the night of May 23, 1938.