![]() Being shot on Alcatraz help chipped out such a towering and gritty presence the film held strongly and Bruce Surtees' fixedly expressive cinematography gets amongst the shadowy, dank and gloomy interior. Pacing is quite subdued, but this helps enhances the creaky mood and sophomoric nature of Alcatraz. There's nothing overwrought here and gladly it doesn't succumb to that. But it when comes to the forefront it manages to be cunning, but also touching. The well-articulated script by Richard Tuggle is scanty with a lot of quiet patches. It starts of small and stays that way to the end, even with its dominantly large situation. The smartly layered plot works this into the characters very successfully and despite the predictability, it stays admirably honest without the need of sensationalising the facts and ambiguous conclusion. Like quoted in the film the rock would either break you or inspire you to fight on. There's nothing explosive and downright exciting, but there's spirit lurking under the cold looking domain that eventually comes through. ![]() The build up doesn't sway off course, but sticks to its simple narrative and characteristics with effective results. It's hard not marvel at Siegel's sturdily compact craftsmanship in depicting the dour prison life with moody realism and how the story eventually folds out into a tautly drawn up break out attempt. Campbell Bruce's novel (and the supposed true story) of the only three men to break out of Alcatraz. On their filth and final partnership they come up with another genuine winner in the shape of the grippingly harrowing and sedated prison yarn shaped off J. You can always count on the influential pairing of Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel. Morris actually discovers a possible way of escape and carefully plans it out with the aid of a couple of inmates. Through a small glimpse of hope and luck. Morris makes some friends, but also an enemy which wants to see him dead, after turning down his proposal with brute force. The prison warden intends to keep it that way. The maximum security prison life is jarringly miserable and hopeless. Frank Morris was a bank robber who has escape many prisons in his time, but for his troubles his transported from Atlanta and shipped off to the rock they call Alcatraz.
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