The prisoners, who were all considered model inmates, had been preparing for their escape for months. They created paper mache heads and realistic faces to fool the guards during the nightly headcount, and they also made crude homemade tools, including a drill made from a vacuum cleaner motor.
"Escape from Alcatraz" is a highly acclaimed American heist film released in 1979, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood, Aliotta Haynes, and Jack Nance. The movie is based on a true story and tells the tale of three inmates who escape from the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1962.
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