Six Against the Rock
Six Against the Rock | |
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Genre | Action Crime Drama Thriller |
Based on | book 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 |
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
[edit]- David Carradine as Bernard Coy
- Howard Hesseman as Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer
- David Morse as Marvin Hubbard
- Charles Haid as "Crazy" Sam Shockley
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Miran "Buddy" Thompson
- Paul Sanchez as Dan Durando
- Richard Dysart as Warden Johnston
- Dennis Farina as 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
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, Howard (17 May 1987). "IN THE SPOTLIGHT". Los Angeles Times (Home ed.). p. 5.
- ^ Howard, Clark. Six Against the Rock.
External links
[edit]- Six Against the Rock. IMDb.
- Six Against the Rock. Letterbox DVD.
- Six Against the Rock. TCMDB.