
Alcatraz Breakout
1978-01-01 · 58 min · ★ 4.5
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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- Nick Millard
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Marland ProctorJohn Grant, Inmate 1313Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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