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title: "Escape from Alcatraz: cast and crew"
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cast: 55
crew: 38
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# Escape from Alcatraz (1979): cast and crew

55 cast and 38 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md) as Frank Morris
- [Patrick McGoohan](https://film.one/person/patrick-mcgoohan.md) as Warden
- [Roberts Blossom](https://film.one/person/roberts-blossom.md) as Doc
- [Jack Thibeau](https://film.one/person/jack-thibeau.md) as Clarence Anglin
- [Fred Ward](https://film.one/person/fred-ward.md) as John Anglin
- [Paul Benjamin](https://film.one/person/paul-benjamin.md) as English
- [Larry Hankin](https://film.one/person/larry-hankin.md) as Charley Butts
- [Bruce M. Fischer](https://film.one/person/bruce-m-fischer.md) as Wolf
- [Frank Ronzio](https://film.one/person/frank-ronzio.md) as Litmus
- [Fred Stuthman](https://film.one/person/fred-stuthman.md) as Johnson
- [David Cryer](https://film.one/person/david-cryer.md) as Wagner
- [Hank Brandt](https://film.one/person/hank-brandt.md) as Associate Warden
- Ray K. Goman as Cellblock Captain
- Blair Burrows as Fight Guard
- Madison Arnold as Zimmerman
- [Garry Goodrow](https://film.one/person/garry-goodrow.md) as Weston
- Ron Vernan as Stone
- Ed Vasgersian as Cranston
- Matthew Locricchio as Exam Guard #1
- Bob Balhatchet as Medical Technical Assistant
- Stephen Bradley as Exam Guard #2
- Regina Baff as Lucy
- Joe Miksak as Police Sgt.
- Candace Bowen as English's Daughter
- Don Michaelian as Beck
- Dan Leegant as Guard
- John Garabedian as Guard
- Jason Ronard as Bobs
- Ross Reynolds as Helicopter Pilot
- Al Dunlap as Visitors' Guard
- Denis Berkfeldt as Guard
- [Jim Haynie](https://film.one/person/jim-haynie.md) as Guard
- Tony Dario as Guard
- Fritz Manes as Guard
- Dana Derfus as Guard
- Don Cummins as Guard
- Gordon Handforth as Guard
- John Scanlon as Guard
- Don Watters as Guard
- Joe Knowland as Guard
- James Collier as Guard
- R. J. Ganzert as Guard
- Robert Hirschfeld as Guard
- Lloyd Nelson as Guard
- George Orrison as Guard
- Gary Warren as Guard
- [Joseph Whipp](https://film.one/person/joseph-whipp.md) as Guard
- Terry Wills as Guard
- Dale Alvarez as Inmate
- Sheldon Feldner as Inmate
- [Danny Glover](https://film.one/person/danny-glover.md) as Inmate
- [Carl Lumbly](https://film.one/person/carl-lumbly.md) as Inmate
- Patrick Valentino as Inmate
- Gilbert Thomas Jr. as Inmate
- Eugene Jackson as Inmate

## Directing

- [Don Siegel](https://film.one/person/don-siegel.md): Director
- Lloyd Nelson: Script Supervisor
- Luigi Alfano: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Richard Tuggle](https://film.one/person/richard-tuggle.md): Screenplay
- J. Campbell Bruce: Book

## Production

- Marion Dougherty: Casting
- [Don Siegel](https://film.one/person/don-siegel.md): Producer
- Wallis Nicita: Casting
- Robert Daley: Executive Producer
- Jack Terry: Unit Production Manager
- Fritz Manes: Associate Producer

## Camera

- Bob Bergdahl: Camera Operator
- [Bruce Surtees](https://film.one/person/bruce-surtees.md): Director of Photography
- Rick Neff: Camera Operator
- Ron Grover: Still Photographer
- Charles Saldaña III: Key Grip

## Editing

- [Ferris Webster](https://film.one/person/ferris-webster.md): Editor
- [Joel Cox](https://film.one/person/joel-cox.md): Assistant Editor
- Tim Board: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- June Edgerton: Music Editor
- John T. Reitz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Alan Robert Murray: Sound Effects Editor
- Bert Hallberg: Sound Mixer
- Bub Asman: Sound Effects Editor
- [Jerry Fielding](https://film.one/person/jerry-fielding.md): Original Music Composer
- Gilbert Thomas Jr.: Songs

## Art

- Edward J. McDonald: Set Decoration
- [Allen E. Smith](https://film.one/person/allen-e-smith.md): Production Design
- Gene Lauritzen: Construction Coordinator
- Larry Bird: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Joe McKinney: Makeup Artist
- Glenn Wright: Costume Supervisor

## Lighting

- Charles Holmes: Gaffer

## Crew

- H. William Miller: Transportation Co-Captain
- Ray Mullen: Transportation Co-Captain
- Gary Kalkin: Unit Publicist
- John Reade: Transportation Coordinator
- Chuck Gaspar: Special Effects

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