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.
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Trivia: Director Don Siegel has a cameo as the prison doctor.
Question: When Frank is delivering books to inmates' cells, he reaches D block, but a guard stops him, and tells him they are not allowed in those cells. Were books really disallowed in D block cells?
Answer: Those were the solitary confinement cells, with no light and no luxuries of any kind. So yes, they did not allow inmates on that block to have books.
This is inaccurate as a light in each cell was turned on at 6:30 every morning in solitary confinement at Alcatraz.