Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980) on Netflix
At eighteen, Clarence Carnes is the youngest man ever sent to Alcatraz, with 99 years to serve. He joins other inmates in plotting a break out of the maximum security prison.
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Plot summary
Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw, is sent to Alcatraz at eighteen as the youngest inmate the prison has ever held, serving 99 years for a gas station holdup and a murder. Inside the maximum security prison he meets Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, and other inmates. Carnes makes repeated attempts to escape, and joins men serving life sentences who have nothing to lose in an escape plan.
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