• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1996-06-07
  • Runtime137 minutes
  • TaglineAlcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
  • Revenue335,062,621$
  • GenreAction, Adventure, Thriller
  • Production
    CompaniesDon Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hollywood Pictures
  • Budget75,000,000$

Movie Overview

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Casts

Sean Connery

Nicolas Cage

Ed Harris

John Spencer

David Morse

William Forsythe

Michael Biehn

Vanessa Marcil

John C. McGinley

Gregory Sporleder

Tony Todd

Bokeem Woodbine

Greg Collins

Brendan Kelly

Steve Harris

Danny Nucci

Claire Forlani

Celeste Weaver

Todd Louiso

David Bowe

Raquel Krelle

Marshall R. Teague

Duffy Gaver

Billy Devlin

Joseph Patrick Kelly

Ingo Neuhaus

John Laughlin

Harry Humphries

Howard Platt

Willie Garson

Dwight Hicks

Ralph Peduto

Anthony Clark

Sean Skelton

Raymond O'Connor

Luenell

Sam Whipple

Tom Towles

Anthony Guidera

Jim Caviezel

John Enos III

Ken Kells

Buck Kartalian