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‘Welcome to the Rock!’ 6 Alcatraz Movies That’ll Lock You In—Starring Clint Eastwood to Sean Connery
It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...
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Real to reel: The movies that made Alcatraz famous
With the Trump administration moving to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, it's time to revisit some of the movies that made the ...
As Trump calls for reopening Alcatraz, its most famous escape is still a mystery
The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.
Clint Eastwood's 'best ever film' leaves Netflix viewers 'unable to stop watching'
The movie tells as the story of the only escape from infamous prison Alcatraz, which Donald Trump plans to reopen.
Escape From the Rock
In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...
The Alcatraz myth is catnip to coots like Trump
Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...
Donald Trump Wants To Make Alcatraz Movies Great Again
Yet the fact that the service is currently streaming the three best-known movies about the old San Franscisco island prison ...
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Word of the Week: Before the Birdman of Alcatraz, the island was known for its birds
The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...