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* HollywoodHeartAttack: Litmus has the standard "lean over, go stock still, then hit the ground dead" when the warden crushes the flower Litmus had brought to the mess hall.
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** Morris is punished for fighting off Wolf when the latter attacks him with a shiv. "He came at me!" Morris rightly protests. It's possible the guard didn't see who began the fight, but he doesn't bother to find out. However, Morris is released after about a week. Wolf spends six months in solitary for attacking a guard.
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** Morris is punished for fighting off Wolf when the latter attacks him with a shiv. "He came at me!" Morris rightly protests. It's possible the guard didn't see who began the fight, but he doesn't bother to find out. However, Morris is released after about only gets a week.week of punishment. Wolf spends six months in solitary for attacking a guard.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The reason Charlie Butts takes part in the escape. His mother is dying, and he wants one last chance to see or talk to her.
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* GoLookAtTheDistraction: How Frank gets a spoon to help with the digging, as John Anglin talks to the guard watching the cutlery, getting him to take his eyes off while Frank grabs two spoons.
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* OhCrap: Guards and prisoners alike are sickened and horrified after Doc chops off his fingers.
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--> '''English''': "Now I figure there's two reasons why you didn't sit down on my step. Either you're too scared, or you just hate niggers. Now which is it, boy? You too scared?"
--> '''Morris''' (sitting next to English): "Nah. I just hate niggers."
--> '''Morris''' (sitting next to English): "Nah. I just hate niggers."
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--> '''English''': "Now Now I figure there's two reasons why you didn't sit down on my step. Either you're too scared, or you just hate niggers. Now which is it, boy? You too scared?"
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--> '''Morris'''(sitting ''(sitting next to English): "Nah.English)'': Nah. I just hate niggers."
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-->'''English''': I was in a bar in Tennessee. Then these two dudes start hassling me. That was their first mistake. They pulled knives. That was their second mistake. They didn't know how to use them. [[DeadlyEuphemism That was the last mistake they ever made.]]
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-->'''English''': Ten years ago, I was in a bar in Tennessee. Then Alabama when these two dudes start hassling me. That was their first mistake. They pulled knives. That was their second mistake. They didn't know how to use them. [[DeadlyEuphemism That was the last mistake they ever made.]]
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: A variant. At the end of the film, as the Warden sits on the beach and contemplates [[IronicEcho the flower he just crushed]], an underling informs him that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons wants to see him in Washington as soon as possible. Since the end title informs us (correctly) that Alcatraz was closed within a year of the escape, we can assume the Warden, uh, accepted early retirement.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: A variant. At the end of the film, as the Warden sits on the beach and contemplates [[IronicEcho the flower he just crushed]], an underling informs him that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons wants to see him in Washington as soon as possible. Since the end title informs us (correctly) that Alcatraz was closed within a year of the escape, we can assume the Warden, uh, Warden accepted early retirement.
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* ScaryBlackMan: {{Averted}} with English. He's one of the toughest cons on the Rock, respected and feared enough that he alone sits atop the top step of the yard with a view of the mainland. But he is quiet, soft-spoken, and treats everyone with respect unless they cross him. He also heads up the black gang in the prison, though.
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* ScaryBlackMan: {{Averted}} with English. He's one of the toughest cons on the Rock, respected and feared enough that he alone sits atop the top step of the yard with a view of the mainland. But he is quiet, soft-spoken, and treats everyone with respect unless they cross him. He also does heads up the black gang in the prison, though.
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* PrisonEscapeArtist: Morris is transferred to maximum security Alcatraz after having successfully escaped from several other institutions.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: A variant. At the end of the film, as the Warden sits on the beach and contemplates [[IronicEcho the flower he just crushed]], an underling informs him that the Attorney General wants to see him in Washington as soon as possible. Since the end title informs us (correctly) that Alcatraz was closed within a year of the escape, we can assume the Warden, uh, accepted early retirement.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: A variant. At the end of the film, as the Warden sits on the beach and contemplates [[IronicEcho the flower he just crushed]], an underling informs him that the Attorney General Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons wants to see him in Washington as soon as possible. Since the end title informs us (correctly) that Alcatraz was closed within a year of the escape, we can assume the Warden, uh, accepted early retirement.
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* TheUnreveal: Did Morris and the Anglins make it to shore alive or did they drown?
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* AffablyEvil: Frank Morris is a career criminal and his goal isn't altruistic. Nevertheless, he's friendly to and sticks out for his fellow inmates, except for Wolf, that doesn't deserve any. He's even respectable to most of the staff as well, but that could be PragmaticVillainy.
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* BlatantLies: In one scene, Litmus claims to be ''UsefulNotes/AlCapone''. The character he's speaking to [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it by saying he thought Capone was dead (which he was, as Capone died in 1947 in RealLife).
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''Escape from Alcatraz'' is a 1979 American prison action film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce. The film stars Creator/ClintEastwood, and features Creator/PatrickMcGoohan, Creator/FredWard, Jack Thibeau, Creator/LarryHankin, and Creator/RobertsBlossom in supporting roles. Creator/DannyGlover also appears in his film debut.
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''Escape from Alcatraz'' is a 1979 American prison action film directed by Don Siegel.Creator/DonSiegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce. The film stars Creator/ClintEastwood, and features Creator/PatrickMcGoohan, Creator/FredWard, Jack Thibeau, Creator/LarryHankin, and Creator/RobertsBlossom in supporting roles. Creator/DannyGlover also appears in his film debut.
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* {{Fingore}}: Doc protests the revocation of his painting privileges by lopping off three of his fingers with a hatchet. On-Camera.
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* {{Fingore}}: Doc protests the revocation of his painting privileges by lopping off three of his fingers with a hatchet. On-Camera.[[note]]This is based on a real incident at Alcatraz where an inmate named Rufe Persful chopped off four fingers to protest Alcatraz's rule of strict silence and to be transferred to another prison. He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.[[/note]]
