Battle of Alcatraz: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

They were determined to escape at any cost. Featuring exclusive interviews with surviving guards and inmates, the Battle of Alcatraz tells the story of one of the greatest and most violent jailbreaks of all time. The year is 1946. And five desperate convicts are determined to break out of America's toughest prison. Planning to use deadly force to escape and then hijack a boat to freedom, the brilliant plot begins with mastermind Bernard Coy starving himself thin enough to slip between the bars of the gun gallery. But after overpowering an unsuspecting guard, mayhem erupts, and over the next two days the Rock becomes the site of a dramatic and violent stand-off.

Series details

• Title: Battle of Alcatraz
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-08-31
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 58084
• IMDb ID: tt6354036
• TVDB ID: 410585

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-08-31; final listed air date 2021-08-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from Battle of Alcatraz on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.