Escape from Alcatraz (film) Alcatraz" marks the fifth and final collaboration between Siegel and Eastwood, following "Coogan's Bluff" (1968), "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970), "The Beguiled" (1971) and "Dirty Harry" (1971). On January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz. Soon after arriving, he is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no inmate has ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz. Among the inmates, Morris makes acquaintances with the eccentric Litmus, (Frank Ronzio) who is fond of desserts, English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt in 2013, claims that Frank Morris died in 2008, and Clarence Anglin died in 2011. He further said he had cancer, and wanted to strike an deal with the FBI — offering to be locked up again for a year in exchange for medical care. When analyzed for a link to Anglin, it was deemed inconclusive. The U.S. Marshal's office is still investigating this case, which will remain open on all three escapees until their 100th birthdays. J. Campbell Bruce's 1963 book "Escape from Alcatraz" documents the 1962 escape, along with other escape attempts over the 29 years that Alcatraz