Bob Hoy

Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes periodic attempts to escape, the final attempt being the most violent. Many of the subordinate characters are fictional (as are most of the details concerning Carnes' escape efforts); the one exception is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", here portrayed by Art Carney as a gentle, kindly philosopher. Telly Savalas, a costar of the Burt Lancaster vehicle Birdman of Alcatraz, also guest starred in the 1980 film. Originally titled Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes, this made-for-TV movie wavers between gritty realism and "I'm bustin' outta here!" artifice.

A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.

広告会社社長のロジャー・ソーンヒルは多忙で、今も秘書をタクシーに乗せて車内でスケジュールの確認中である。プラザ・ホテルで一人降りたソーンヒルは友人たちの待つラウンジへ向う。酒を飲む前に電報を打つ用事を思い出したソーンヒルはボーイに向って手を挙げるが、その手と”お客様のジョージ・カプラン様”の呼び出しの声が重なった。その様子を見ていた二人組は席を立ったソーンヒルに銃を突きつけ、人知れず車に乗せる。それはNYからラシュモア山までの苦難の道のりの始まりであった。