Six Against the Rock

Six Against the Rock
Genre	Action Crime Drama Thriller
Based on	Six Against the Rock by Clark Howard
Teleplay by	John Gay
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
Producer	Terry Carr
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 Sam "Crazy Sam" Shockley
• Jan-Michael Vincent as Miran "Buddy" Thompson
• Paul Sanchez as Dan Durando
• Richard Dysart as Warden Johnston
• Dennis Farina as Robert Stroud / The 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

References

1. Rosenberg, Howard (May 17, 1987). "IN THE SPOTLIGHT". Los Angeles Times (Home ed.). p. 5.
2. Howard, Clark. Six Against the Rock.

External links

• Six Against the Rock. IMDb.
• Six Against the Rock. Letterbox DVD.
• Six Against the Rock. TCMDB.