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The Rock (1996)
- R
- 06/07/1996 (US)
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- 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 stills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Mark Rosner
ScreenplayDavid Weisberg
ScreenplayMichael Bay
DirectorDouglas S. Cook
ScreenplayJonathan Hensleigh
ScreenplayCast
![Sean Connery's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qQ9GkO4yMEbMKeMgo0SnQ7jPA1X.jpg)
Sean Connery
John Patrick Mason![Nicolas Cage's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ar33qcWbEgREn07ZpXv5Pbj8hbM.jpg)
Nicolas Cage
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed![Ed Harris's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/aAu9lJ02jlg0GAvv2vVnpJSDV1Y.jpg)
Ed Harris
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC![John Spencer's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/8AZRfw1vqdsw7tOIK03LSQlphW.jpg)
John Spencer
FBI Director James Womack![David Morse's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/A6zGbkFjM3uajIakgsSeNTmSKqY.jpg)
David Morse
Major Tom Baxter![William Forsythe's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/35BXHugSG931iVPbHn6W9SNXNY1.jpg)
William Forsythe
Special Agent Ernest Paxton![Michael Biehn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/9oFLsADWQm2TvU8XzLIzBbjdMkU.jpg)
Michael Biehn
Commander Charles Anderson![Vanessa Marcil's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qRRGr7FTuz76dHNgPOBPQoHsSHg.jpg)