Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
3h 16m
Running Time
November 5, 1980Release Date
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
3h 16m
Running Time
November 5, 1980Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
![Michael Beck](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21047-michael-beck.webp)
Michael Beck
Clarence Carnes
![Art Carney](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8918-art-carney.webp)
Art Carney
Robert Stroud
![Alex Karras](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16047-alex-karras.webp)
Alex Karras
Jughead Miller
![Will Sampson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10433-will-sampson.webp)
Will Sampson
Clarence's Father
![Telly Savalas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3337-telly-savalas.webp)
Telly Savalas
Cretzer
![Ronny Cox](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2950-ronny-cox.webp)
Ronny Cox
Bernard Coy
![Paul Krasny](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Krasny
Director
![Ernest Tidyman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/342085-ernest-tidyman.webp)
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
![Richard Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4781-richard-lynch.webp)
Richard Lynch
Sam Shockley
![Clarence Carnes](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clarence Carnes
Writer
![Robert Davi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3622-robert-davi.webp)
Robert Davi
Hubbard
![Don DeNevi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don DeNevi
Writer
![John Amos](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3687-john-amos.webp)
John Amos
Bumpy Johnson
![James H. Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James H. Brown
Producer
![James MacArthur](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38457-james-macarthur.webp)
James MacArthur
Walt Stomer
![Jerrold Immel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jerrold Immel
Composer
![Ed Lauter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4404-ed-lauter.webp)
Ed Lauter
Frank Morris
![Joe Pantoliano](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1151-joe-pantoliano.webp)
Joe Pantoliano
Ray Neal
![Louis Giambalvo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/61257-louis-giambalvo.webp)
Louis Giambalvo
Clarence Anglin
![Jeffrey Tambor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4919-jeffrey-tambor.webp)
Jeffrey Tambor
Dankworth
![Paul Mantee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/41744-paul-mantee.webp)
Paul Mantee
Ordway
![Charles Aidman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/71727-charles-aidman.webp)
Charles Aidman
Warden Johnson
![Jack Rader](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/200353-jack-rader.webp)
Jack Rader
Weinhold
![Walter Mathews](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Mathews
Corwin
![Spencer Milligan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Spencer Milligan
Fred Haskell
![Sidney Clute](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sidney Clute
Miller
![Redmond Gleeson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/236302-redmond-gleeson.webp)
Redmond Gleeson
Jackson
![Bradford English](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4881-bradford-english.webp)
Bradford English
Thompkins
![Antony Ponzini](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/200354-antony-ponzini.webp)
Antony Ponzini
John Anglin
![Paul Picerni](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3379-paul-picerni.webp)
Paul Picerni
Lt. Lagason
![Burt Marshall](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Burt Marshall
Guard
![Lois Red Elk](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lois Red Elk
Clarence's Mother
![Arthur Taxier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/34555-arthur-taxier.webp)
Arthur Taxier
Connelly
![David Doyle](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59550-david-doyle.webp)
David Doyle
Guard
![G.W. Bailey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13971-g-w-bailey.webp)
G.W. Bailey
Holfeld
![Sandy Ward](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32515-sandy-ward.webp)
Sandy Ward
McIntire
![Stack Pierce](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/53469-stack-pierce.webp)
Stack Pierce
Presser
![Tom Lupo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Lupo
Dunslay
![Roger Hackett](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roger Hackett
Male Nurse
![Ken Letner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ken Letner
Armory Lieutenant
![Tom O'Neill](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom O'Neill
Guard
![Al Cingolani](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/826484-al-cingolani.webp)
Al Cingolani
Carroll
![Bob Hoy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2667204-bob-hoy.webp)
Bob Hoy
Myron Thompson
![Peter Coyote](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7011-peter-coyote.webp)
Peter Coyote
Courtney Taylor
![John Waggoner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Waggoner
Alphie
![Wiley Marker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wiley Marker
Judge Goodman
![John Chappell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/368149-john-chappell.webp)
John Chappell
Sheriff's Deputy
![Peter Jason](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2455-peter-jason.webp)
Peter Jason
Lt. Micklin
![Hoke Howell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24187-hoke-howell.webp)
Hoke Howell
Store Owner
![Jocko Marcellino](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/682623-jocko-marcellino.webp)
Jocko Marcellino
Prisoner
![Roger Hampton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roger Hampton
Hampton
![James Harrison](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Harrison
Dumpy
![Jim Steck](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jim Steck
Guard Crayden
![Pat Valentino](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pat Valentino
Colman
![W.T. Zacha](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
W.T. Zacha
Baggett
![David De Lange](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David De Lange
Lt. Stenfield
Details.
Wiki.
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story is a 1980 American miniseries about Clarence Carnes, the youngest ever inmate of Alcatraz Prison. It screened over two nights, from Monday, July 10 to Tuesday, July 11 on NBC. It was written and co-produced by Ernest Tidyman.
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