Six Against the Rock
1987 American television film
| Six Against the Rock | |
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| Genre | Action Crime Drama Thriller |
| Written by | John Gay (teleplay) Clark Howard (book) |
| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Starring | David Carradine Richard Dysart Dennis Farina |
| Music by | William Goldstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | George Eckstein Merrill H. Karpf |
| Producers | Terry Carr Adrienne Luraschi (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Editors | Alan C. Marks Rod Stephens |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company | Gaylord Productions (in association with) Schaefer/Karpf/Eckstein Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18) |
Six Against the Rock is a 1987 American film on TV about the Battle of Alcatraz,[1] based on Clark Howard's book about the aborted 1946 escape attempt.[2]
Cast
- David Carradine as Bernard Coy
- Howard Hesseman as Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer
- David Morse as Marvin Hubbard
- Charles Haid as "Crazy" Sam Shockley
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Miran "Buddy" Thompson
- Paul Sanchez as Dan Durando
- Richard Dysart as Warden Johnston
- Dennis Farina as Birdman of Alcatraz
- John Mahon as Officer Bill Miller
- J.P. Bumstead as Officer Cecil Corwin
- Tom Reese as Captain Weinhold
- Ian Patrick Williams as Lieutenant Bergen
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Films directed by Paul Wendkos
- The Burglar (1957)
- The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
- Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
- Gidget (1959)
- Face of a Fugitive (1959)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
- Because They're Young (1960)
- Angel Baby (1961)
- Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
- Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
- Johnny Tiger (1966)
- Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
- Fear No Evil (1969)
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
- Hell Boats (1970)
- The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
- Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
- The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
- A Little Game (1971)
- A Death of Innocence (1971)
- The Family Rico (1972)
- Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
- The Strangers in 7A (1972)
- The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
- Special Delivery (1976)
- The Death of Richie (1977)
- 79 Park Avenue (1979)
- Betrayal (1978)
- A Woman Called Moses (1978)
- The Five of Me (1981)
- Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983)
- Scorned and Swindled (1984)
- The Bad Seed (1985)
- Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
- Six Against the Rock (1987)
- Right to Die (1987)
- The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
- Cross of Fire (1989)
- Blind Faith (1990)
- The Chase (1991)
- White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
- A Match Made in Heaven (1997)
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