Visible crew/equipment: In the non-widescreen version, a hole in the ceiling and a microphone can be seen picking up the dialogue between Patrick McGoohan and Clint Eastwood in the warden's office.
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
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Directed by: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau
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Before Shawshank Redemption and Prison Break, there was Escape From Alcatraz. A criminally underated film with a good cast and great plot (based on real events) The only downside is the lack of timeline explanation. We see at the start it's early 1960 and by the end of the film it's mid 1962. Would of been better to demonstrate this.
More mistakes in Escape from Alcatraz
Litmus: What's your name kid?
Charley Butts: Charley Butts.
Litmus: Charley's Butt? Hahahah, you got a pretty friggin' funny name kid.
Charley Butts: Oh yeah? What's yours?
Litmus: Al Capone.
Trivia: Director Don Siegel has a cameo as the prison doctor.
Question: Why was Wolf such a bully to Frank Morris?
Answer: This is a fictional account of a real-life event and the people depicted in it. Frank Morris was a vicious and dangerous criminal who, played by movie-hero Clint Eastwood, is made into a sympathetic figure. The Wolf character, who was probably not real or highly fictionalized, is contrived solely to create conflict in the plot by making him Morris' enemy. It also shows the constant danger and abuse from other prisoners.
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