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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Movie
1980
3h 16m
English
Crime, Drama, Action, TV Movie
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes periodic attempts to escape, the final attempt being the most violent. Many of the subordinate characters are fictional (as are most of the details concerning Carnes' escape efforts); the one exception is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", here portrayed by Art Carney as a gentle, kindly philosopher. Telly Savalas, a costar of the Burt Lancaster vehicle Birdman of Alcatraz, also guest starred in the 1980 film. Originally titled Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes, this made-for-TV movie wavers between gritty realism and "I'm bustin' outta here!" artifice.
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Michael Beck
Clarence Carnes
Art Carney
Robert Stroud
Alex Karras
Jughead Miller
Will Sampson
Clarence's Father
Ronny Cox
Bernard Coy
Richard Lynch
Sam Shockley
John Amos
Bumpy Johnson
James MacArthur
Walt Stomer
Ed Lauter
Frank Morris
Louis Giambalvo
Clarence Anglin
Charles Aidman
Warden Johnson
Jack Rader
Weinhold
Spencer Milligan
Fred Haskell
Antony Ponzini
John Anglin
Paul Picerni
Lt. Lagason

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