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Escape from Alcatraz (1979): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 drama, thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It scores 7.5 on IMDb, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, 76 on Metacritic, 7.5 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 1 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 9 of 85 films from 1979 in our catalog and number 187 of 1,701 thriller films.

Billed cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin.

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