Escape from Alcatraz (film) Escape from Alcatraz (film) Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Jack Thibeau and Fred Ward as prisoners Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin. Allen West was played by Larry Hankin; his character's name was changed to Charley Butts. Patrick McGoohan portrays the suspicious, vindictive warden and Danny Glover appears in his film debut. "Escape from
Escape from Furnace Escape from Furnace Escape from Furnace is a series of novels by Alexander Gordon Smith. Escape from Furnace is the United States title of the series. In the United Kingdom the series is known as "Furnace". The books are written from the point of view of the teenage protagonist Alex Sawyer, and are about his incarceration in the fictional London prison Furnace Penitentiary. "Escape from Furnace: Lockdown" is followed by "Solitary", "Death Sentence", "Fugitives" and "Execution". Smith followed up the series with a novella, "The Night Children", which tells the story of the 17-year-old commissioned officer Kreuz (known as Warden