Six Against the Rock

Six Against the Rock


Starring:David Carradine, David Morse
Studio: KOCH VISION
Product Type: DVD

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On May 2, 1946, six Alcatraz inmates staged a prison mutiny, capturing the cell house and seizing the attention of the country. David Carradine (Kill Bill, Kung Fu), Dennis Farina (Saving Private Ryan, Snatch), and David Morse (The Green Mile, Twelve Monkeys) star in this dramatization of their incredible battle against impossible odds.

Known as Hellcatraz by its prisoners, the maximum security island prison saw eight escape attempts while in operation. By far, the most dramatic breakout was the daring 1946 attempt. Filmed on location at "The Rock," the film's ensemble cast also includes Howard Hesseman (About Schmidt) and Jan Michael Vincent (Buffalo '66).
Six Against the Rock
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Six against the rock
  • Excellent Made-for-TV Movie
  • i cant belive that people dont know about this tv movie!!!
 Six Against the Rock
Starring: Richard Dysart , Dennis Farina , Howard Hesseman , David Morse , and Paul Sanchez
Director: Paul Wendkos
Manufacturer: KOCH VISION
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009H97GW
Release Date: 2005-07-12

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On May 2, 1946, six Alcatraz inmates staged a prison mutiny, capturing the cell house and seizing the attention of the country. David Carradine (Kill Bill, Kung Fu), Dennis Farina (Saving Private Ryan, Snatch), and David Morse (The Green Mile, Twelve Monkeys) star in this dramatization of their incredible battle against impossible odds.

Known as Hellcatraz by its prisoners, the maximum security island prison saw eight escape attempts while in operation. By far, the most dramatic breakout was the daring 1946 attempt. Filmed on location at "The Rock," the film's ensemble cast also includes Howard Hesseman (About Schmidt) and Jan Michael Vincent (Buffalo '66).

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Six against the rock.......2007-07-03

Lived up to expectations, having read a couple of accounts of the eacape attempt by different authors. Not a fast paced action type movie, along similar pace as Escape from Alcatraz.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Made-for-TV Movie.......2006-12-08

I remember seeing this movie on Channel 4 (NBC) back in 1987, and I'm happy to see that it finally made it to DVD. The first time I saw this movie, I found it very interesting. However, having visited Alcatraz twice in the last 3 years, I have a deeper appreciation of this movie. During the audio tour of Alcatraz, this attempted escape is mentioned, and it adds to the prison's notorious and fascinating history.

The movie basically retells the Battle of Alcatraz, which took place in May 1946 when six prisoners attempted to escape. However, unplanned events prevented the leader Bernie Coy (David Carradine) from executing his escape plan, which he had prepared over the previous seven years. The drama that unfolds is tense as his accomplices begin to fight among themselves and think of alternative ways to get off the island once their plan is foiled. In the end, their escape attempt is anything but successful. David Carradine is great, but I also enjoyed the supporting performances of David Morse (Marvin Hubbard) and Howard Hesseman (Joe 'Dutch' Cretzer).

Overall, this is a very good movie, and it just adds another layer of history that anyone interested in Alcatraz may want to research. I also like that the movie is fast-paced and doesn't waste a lot of time with unnecessary character development. If anyone has ever been to Alcrataz, they will recognize everything in the movie, and this contributes to the feeling of actually being at Alcatraz.

5 out of 5 stars i cant belive that people dont know about this tv movie!!!.......2006-06-19

the battle of alcatraz was an escape attempt with far more drama and better planning than morris and the anglins or cole and roe's escape,but those guys were never found so people can say "they might have made it" even though they probably did not.the six against the rock guys did not,well clarence carnes(under the name dan durando in the movie)did not die the rest did.bernard coy(davis caradine)joe cretzer(howard hesseman)and marvin hubbard(david morse)were killed after a long battle with gaurds and the marines.miran thompson(jan-michael vincent)and sam shockley(charles haid)were exucuted in san quentins gas chamber.coy hatched the plan to take the gun gallery,from loseing weight to smearing alex grease all over him he used a prison made bar spreader to painfully squeze through the bars and suprise the gaurd disarming him and capturing the guns and night sticks the plan is to go out the yard door and down to the prison boat....but....something goes wrong.i dont want to give you the ending but if you buy this movie you already know enough about alcatraz to know what happens. for being a tv movie this is amazing!!! i wont dare say its better than escape from alcatraz..but it is good. now we have to get alcatraz the whole shocking story out on dvd. thanks dean

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