The Rock (1996)
06/07/1996 (US) • 2h 17m
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
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.
Top Billed Cast
John Patrick Mason
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
FBI Director James Womack
Major Tom Baxter
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Commander Charles Anderson
Carla Pestalozzi
Marine Captain Hendrix
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$75,000,000.00
Revenue
$335,062,621.00
Keywords
war veteran
san francisco, california
fbi
mercenary
gas attack
alcatraz prison
prison escape
shootout
u.s. navy seal
terrorism
british spy
chemist
commando
hostage situation
tourist attraction
u.s. marine
military
island prison
tourists in peril
nerve gas
disillusioned
terrorist threat
chemical weapon
fbi agent
chemical warfare
ambivalent
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