The Rock
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
Rating: 7.2 out of 10TMDB(5.5K votes)
Overview
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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Box office
Grossed $335M worldwide, about 4.5 times its $75M budget
Details
- Director
- Writers
- David WeisbergScreenplay
- Douglas S. CookScreenplay
- Mark RosnerScreenplay
- Jonathan HensleighScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 7, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $75M
- Revenue
- $335.1M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Sean ConneryJohn Patrick Mason
Nicolas CageDr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed HarrisBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John SpencerFBI Director James Womack
David MorseMajor Tom Baxter
William ForsytheSpecial Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael BiehnCommander Charles Anderson
Vanessa MarcilCarla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinleyMarine Captain Hendrix
Gregory SporlederCaptain Frye
Tony ToddCaptain Darrow
Bokeem WoodbineSergeant Crisp- Jim ManiaciPrivate Scarpetti
Greg CollinsPrivate Gamble
Brendan KellyPrivate Cox
Steve HarrisPrivate McCoy
Danny NucciLieutenant Shephard
Claire ForlaniJade Angelou
Celeste WeaverStacy Richards
Todd LouisoMarvin Isherwood
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