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Breakout (1997)
Over barbed wire, through tunnels, by boat, by plane... Relive the world's greatest and most daring prison escapes in this three-part series narrated by Rod Steiger.
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Relive the Leavenworth escape and witness Casanova's historic escape from the clutches of Venetian Inquisitors. Discover how Lord Nithsdales' noble wife saved him from the Tower of London and the executioner's axe, plus, meet the man who laughed his way out of San Quentin.
Meet the soldiers who refused to remain captive to the enemy. Relive the strategies, the triumphant escapes and the tragic deaths of Prisoners of War who dared to BREAK OUT!
Devil's Island in French Guyana, McNeil Island Prison near Seattle and of course Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay are all island prisons that challenged the ingenuity and bravery of a few clever escape artists.