Flipping through the channels last last night I came across this Clint Eastwood movie on TCM.This turned out to be a pretty good movie. Too many screenshots and time spent showing the escapees digging for it to be a great movie and as with most early to mid career Clint movies not a lot of breathtaking dialogue but a very interesting story nonetheless.
Clint plays Harris a man determined soon to get off " The Rock" as Alcatraz was called. The Warden takes great pride in no one having ever escaped and plays his role as a vain, malicious man very well. Harris has to defend himself who decides he would make a good punk and watches as two of his good friends succumb to the wardens punishments before he makes his escape.
Based on a true story the movie is in its simpleness quite engrossing. On a 1 t0 10 it gets a 6.5 which means that many days you might flip through, it does not jump out at you to make you stop and watch, but if you do it you will not be disappointed.
Rating: 5.5
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