The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island ... which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates ...

Frank Morris, along with brothers John and Clarence Anglin, orchestrated a daring escape ... time. Alcatraz was known for housing some of the most notorious criminals, including Al Capone, George ...

Designed to keep prisoners that had caused problems or attempted to escape from other federal penitentiaries, it housed some of America's most dangerous and notorious criminals. Legendary gangster and ...

after Al got out of Alcatraz, he often came up to Mercer to visit Ralph. “It would make sense that this would be of a safe haven, as opposed to Chicago,” Neuman said. Capone's doings in the ...

Al Capone got an ... In 1934 Capone was moved from the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, where he enjoyed privileges denied other prisoners, to Alcatraz. Capone was a good prisoner, but his health ...

Al Capone played banjo in the inmate band ... A total of 36 inmates put the supposedly “escape-proof” Alcatraz to the test. Of those convicts, 23 were captured, six were shot to death and two drowned.

Alcatraz is the evocative backdrop for Al Capone Does My Shirts-- a highly original novel set in 1935. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan tells about his travails on "the Rock," where his father has taken ...

Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegal re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape ... at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable ...