Breakout (1975 film)
For the 2002 South Korean film, see Break Out (film).
| Breakout | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Tom Gries |
| Produced by |
Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler |
| Written by |
Eliot Asinof (book) Elliott Baker |
| Starring |
Charles Bronson Robert Duvall Jill Ireland |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Bud S. Isaacs |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $16,000,000[1] |
Breakout is a 1975 action film starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid.
Synopsis
Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison.
Jay's wife Ann (Ireland) is unhappy at this turn of events and hires a pilot in Brownsville, Texas, Nick Colton (Bronson), to fly into the prison and rescue her husband.
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Nick Colton
- Robert Duvall as Jay Wagner
- Jill Ireland as Ann Wagner
- John Huston as Harris Wagner
- Randy Quaid as Hawk Hawkins
- Sheree North as Myrna
Production notes
The film was inspired by an actual event. A pilot, Vasilios Basil Choulos, flew a helicopter into a Mexican prison and assisted a prisoner in a daring escape. That prisoner, Joel David Kaplan, claimed to have been framed and was serving a 28-year sentence.
References
- ↑ "Breakout, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
External links
- Breakout at the Internet Movie Database
- Breakout at AllMovie
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