The Rock

Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.

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.

1996

Action·Adventure·Thriller

2h 17min

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Top Billed Cast

Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil
Carla Pestalozzi
John C. McGinley
Marine Captain Hendrix
Gregory Sporleder
Captain Frye
Tony Todd
Captain Darrow
Bokeem Woodbine
Sergeant Crisp
Jim Maniaci
Private Scarpetti
Greg Collins
Private Gamble
Brendan Kelly
Private Cox
Steve Harris
Private McCoy
Danny Nucci
Lieutenant Shephard
Claire Forlani
Jade Angelou
Celeste Weaver
Stacy Richards
Todd Louiso
Marvin Isherwood

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