Escape from Alcatraz - BluRay [Blu-ray]

Screen legend Clint Eastwood (Coogan's Bluff, Dirty Harry) and director Don Siegel (Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Beguiled) re-team for their fifth and final film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum-security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and Birdman Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three men never heard of again. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. Patrick McGoohan (Ice Station Zebra, TV's The Prisoner) is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic reenactment of a true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie. The stellar cast includes Fred Ward (Remo Williams), Roberts Blossom (Deranged), Jack Thibeau (Sudden Impact), Paul Benjamin (Across 110th Street) and Larry Hankin (Running Scared). Screenplay by Richard Tuggle (Tightrope), based on a book by J. Campbell Bruce.

Through scientific expeditions and cutting-edge CGI, Drain Alcatraz drains the deadly waters that surround the world's most infamous prison. With San Francisco Bay drained completely dry, the notorious island prison finally reveals its secrets, showing why it was near impossible to escape the rock.

A former gangster is released from prison to find his life swept away and his sister engaged to a policeman. He returns to his criminal ways and soon comes to regret the choice when his baby daughter is placed in danger. Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff, Henry Armetta, Edward Norris and June Gale star in this 1939 classic.