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Gary Ballard as Terrence Swenson, an Alcatraz guard. Randy Pelish as Wimer, an Alcatraz guard. Neil Summers as Whitney, an Alcatraz guard. Sonny King as Wimer, an Alcatraz guard. Theo Mayes as a prison barber; Wally Rose as the shopkeeper of a grocery store that Henri tries to rob. Eve Brenner as Winthrop's secretary; Clay Davis as courtroom ...
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story is a 1980 American television film 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.
The Battle of Alcatraz was dramatized in the 1987 TV movie Six Against the Rock, based on the novel by Clark Howard. While most of the characters were given the names of the real inmates (such as Bernard Coy and Miran Thompson ), Carnes' character was renamed Dan Durando, portrayed by Paul Sanchez.
The series renewed the public's interest in the actual Alcatraz prison, so much so that the National Park Service had to install warning signs for its public tours. Fans of the TV series broke away from tours in an attempt to find the "nerve center" that is shown underneath the prison on the show. The signs state: "The TV show Alcatraz is ...
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, nicknamed The Rock, stopped operating as a prison in 1963, the year after the men’s escape (Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library)
Alcatraz gained notoriety from its inception as the toughest prison in the U.S., considered by many the world's most fearsome prison of the day. Former prisoners reported brutality and inhumane conditions which severely tested their sanity. [13] [14] [15] Ed Wutke was the first prisoner to commit suicide in Alcatraz.
At the southernmost tip of Argentina's Patagonia sits 'the prison of the end of the world.' The country banished prisoners here in the early 1900s to colonize the region.
In The Escapists one of the maps HMP Irongate is based on Alcatraz. Alcatraz is also a DLC prison. In Guitar Hero 3, Alcatraz is a part of the venues of this game, renamed to Shanker's Island; In Sonic Adventure 2, Prison Island is a major location, being where Sonic is locked up. This is meant to reference Alcatraz Island and its prison.