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The Rock

Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
Jun 7, 1996 · 2h 17m
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Action
Adventure
Thriller

PLOT

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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CAST

Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
Directed by Michael Bay

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$75,000,000
Revenue
$335,062,621
Production
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Country
US

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