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
Clarence Carnes
Art Carney
Robert Stroud
Alex Karras
Jughead Miller
Will Sampson
Clarence's Father
Telly Savalas
Cretzer
Ronny Cox
Bernard Coy
Paul Krasny
Director
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
Richard Lynch
Sam Shockley
Clarence Carnes
Writer
Robert Davi
Hubbard
Don DeNevi
Writer
John Amos
Bumpy Johnson
James H. Brown
Producer
James MacArthur
Walt Stomer
Jerrold Immel
Composer
Ed Lauter
Frank Morris
Joe Pantoliano
Ray Neal
Louis Giambalvo
Clarence Anglin
Jeffrey Tambor
Dankworth
Paul Mantee
Ordway
Charles Aidman
Warden Johnson
Jack Rader
Weinhold
Walter Mathews
Corwin
Spencer Milligan
Fred Haskell
Sidney Clute
Miller
Redmond Gleeson
Jackson
Bradford English
Thompkins
Antony Ponzini
John Anglin
Paul Picerni
Lt. Lagason
Burt Marshall
Guard
Lois Red Elk
Clarence's Mother
Arthur Taxier
Connelly
David Doyle
Guard
G.W. Bailey
Holfeld
Sandy Ward
McIntire
Stack Pierce
Presser
Tom Lupo
Dunslay
Roger Hackett
Male Nurse
Ken Letner
Armory Lieutenant
Tom O'Neill
Guard
Al Cingolani
Carroll
Bob Hoy
Myron Thompson
Peter Coyote
Courtney Taylor
John Waggoner
Alphie
Wiley Marker
Judge Goodman
John Chappell
Sheriff's Deputy
Peter Jason
Lt. Micklin
Hoke Howell
Store Owner
Jocko Marcellino
Prisoner
Roger Hampton
Hampton
James Harrison
Dumpy
Jim Steck
Guard Crayden
Pat Valentino
Colman
W.T. Zacha
Baggett
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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