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
Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (also known as Hell Prison, I'm Coming Your Way and Femmine infernali) is a 1980 thriller film distributed by Troma Entertainment. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film (titled "Hell Prison") was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary. The film was originally refused a cinema certificate in Britain in December 1980 and released in a heavily edited form