Six Against the Rock (1987)
- Directed by
- Paul Wendkos
- Genre
- prison film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows five prisoners who attempt to escape from Alcatraz in 1946. The plan fails and leads to a violent standoff with guards.
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What happens
Six Against the Rock is a 1987 American film on TV about the Battle of Alcatraz, based on Clark Howard's book about the aborted 1946 escape attempt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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