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 skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

Michael Bay

Director

David Weisberg

Screenplay

Douglas S. Cook

Screenplay

Mark Rosner

Screenplay

Jonathan Hensleigh

Screenplay

Cast

Sean Connery's headshot

Sean Connery

John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage's headshot

Nicolas Cage

Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Ed Harris's headshot

Ed Harris

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
John Spencer's headshot

John Spencer

FBI Director James Womack
David Morse's headshot

David Morse

Major Tom Baxter
William Forsythe's headshot

William Forsythe

Special Agent Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn's headshot

Michael Biehn

Commander Charles Anderson
Vanessa Marcil's headshot

Vanessa Marcil

Carla Pestalozzi

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