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Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
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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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Chemical Weapon ThreatMilitary OperationHigh-Stakes NegotiationCountdown ScenarioPrison BreakRescue MissionInfiltrationUncovering A ConspiracyUnlikely AlliesHostage Situation








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Directed by: Michael Bay, John Schwartzman
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Sean Connery, Don Simpson
Composed by: Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
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

John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix

Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
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