"Fact-based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several inmates who have nothing to lose, serving life sentences."
Michael Beck
as Clarence Carnes
Art Carney
as Robert Stroud
Alex Karras
as Jughead Miller
Telly Savalas
as Cretzer
Will Sampson
as Clarence's Father
Ronny Cox
as Bernard Coy
Richard Lynch
as Sam Shockley
Robert Davi
as Hubbard
John Amos
as Bumpy Johnson
James MacArthur
as Walt Stomer
Ed Lauter
as Frank Morris
Joe Pantoliano
as Ray Neal
Louis Giambalvo
as Clarence Anglin
Jeffrey Tambor
as Dankworth
Paul Mantee
as Ordway
Charles Aidman
as Warden Johnson
Jack Rader
as Weinhold
Walter Mathews
as Corwin
Spencer Milligan
as Fred Haskell
Sidney Clute
as Miller
Redmond Gleeson
as Jackson
Bradford English
as Thompkins
Antony Ponzini
as John Anglin
Paul Picerni
as Lt. Lagason
Robert F. Hoy
as Myron Thompson
Peter Coyote
as Courtney Taylor
Pierre Cossette
Executive Producer
Clarence Carnes
Story
Ernest Tidyman
Co-Producer
Michael Lynn
Costume Supervisor
James H. Brown
Producer
William L. Campbell
Production Design
Paul Krasny
Director
Don DeNevi
Jerrold Immel
Music
Robert B. Hauser
Director of Photography
Teleplay
Charles Graffeo
Set Decoration