Eastwood plays Frank Morris, a prisoner who is sent to Alcatraz, the island where one had a better chance of winning the lottery than escaping. Morris is a petty thug, and his cohorts for the plan were not clean characters that you would want to `root' for, but the interest is based on what they did, considering the probability of such an accomplishment was insignificant. A must see for either CE fans or those interested about the event.