| Six Against the Rock | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Action Crime Drama Thriller |
| Based on | Six Against the Rock by Clark Howard |
| Teleplay by | John Gay |
| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Starring | David Carradine Richard Dysart Dennis Farina |
| Music by | William Goldstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | George Eckstein Merrill H. Karpf |
| Producer | Terry Carr |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Editors | Alan C. Marks Rod Stephens |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company | Gaylord Productions (in association with) Schaefer/Karpf/Eckstein Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18) |
Six Against the Rock is a 1987 American film on TV about the Battle of Alcatraz,[1] based on Clark Howard's book about the aborted 1946 escape attempt.[2]
Cast
- David Carradine as Bernard Coy
- Howard Hesseman as Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer
- David Morse as Marvin Hubbard
- Charles Haid as Sam "Crazy Sam" Shockley
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Miran "Buddy" Thompson
- Paul Sanchez as Dan Durando
- Richard Dysart as Warden Johnston
- Dennis Farina as Robert Stroud / The Birdman of Alcatraz
- John Mahon as Officer Bill Miller
- J.P. Bumstead as Officer Cecil Corwin
- Tom Reese as Captain Weinhold
- Ian Patrick Williams as Lieutenant Bergen
References
- Rosenberg, Howard (May 17, 1987). "IN THE SPOTLIGHT". Los Angeles Times (Home ed.). p. 5.
- Howard, Clark (2020). Six Against the Rock: The Searing True Account of Six Unstoppable Men and the Most Spectacular Jailbreak in American History. Newburyport: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road. ISBN 978-1-5040-6074-5.
External links
- Six Against the Rock. IMDb.
- Six Against the Rock. Letterbox DVD.
- Six Against the Rock. TCMDB. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018.