Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris

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Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris is the stoic, resourceful inmate protagonist who masterminds a daring prison break in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacter
filmCharacter
antagonist Warden of Alcatraz
appearsIn Escape from Alcatraz
associatedTheme freedom
ingenuityAgainstOppression
resilience
basedOn realPerson Frank Lee Morris
characterName Frank Morris
dialogueStyle laconic
escapeMethod climbing utility corridor
digging through cell wall
rafting from Alcatraz on improvised raft
filmDirector Don Siegel
filmReleaseYear 1979
filmStudio Paramount Pictures
firstAppearanceYear 1979
genre crimeDramaFilm
prisonFilm
hairColorOnScreen brown
incarceratedAt Alcatraz
languageSpokenOnScreen English
medium film
narrativeFunction drivesEscapePlot
nationalityInStory American
notableAction masterminds prison escape
notableProp dummy heads for beds
improvised digging tools
notableSkill escapePlanning
improvisation
tunneling
occupation prisonInmate
personalityTrait determined
intelligent
resourceful
stoic
plans daring prison break from Alcatraz
portrayedBy Clint Eastwood
roleInPlot protagonist
setting Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
toneOfPerformance understated
worksWith Charley Butts
Clarence Anglin
John Anglin

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Fred Ward as John Anglin
coStarsWith
Escape from Alcatraz
portrayedBy

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