The 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz , directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris, cemented this story in global consciousness. It premiered just as the FBI concluded its active search. The movie ends ambiguously—showing a flower left on Alcatraz, suggesting the men survived.
On the night of June 11, 1962, three inmates vanished from the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island, leaving behind only a few clues and a trail of mystery. Frank Morris, 36, Clarence Anglin, 31, and John Anglin, 32, were the masterminds behind one of the most daring and intriguing escapes in American prison history. escape+from+alcatraz+19791979
A fourth conspirator, Allen West, was part of the planning but was left behind when his makeshift raft failed to launch on time. West’s later testimony to the FBI provided the blueprint for what we now call —even though the escape was in 1962. The 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz , directed