The Alcatraz Escape

In January 1960, a new inmate arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison on an island in San Francisco Bay. His name was Frank Morris, a career criminal with a reported IQ of 133 and a history of escaping other prisons. Alcatraz, known as 'The Rock,' was considered inescapable, surrounded by 1.25 miles of freezing, treacherous water. But Morris saw a challenge, not a dead end. He soon teamed up with two brothers, John and Clarence Anglin, who had also been sent to Alcatraz after their own escape attempts elsewhere. Together, they began to formulate a plan that was audacious, brilliant, and incredibly dangerous. Their goal was simple: to do what no one had ever successfully done before and escape from Alcatraz.