Six Against the Rock

Six Against the Rock
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Genre	Action Crime Drama Thriller
Written by	John Gay (teleplay) Clark Howard (book)
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Starring	David Carradine Richard Dysart Dennis Farina
Music by	William Goldstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	George Eckstein Merrill H. Karpf
Producer(s)	Terry Carr Adrienne Luraschi (associate producer)
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Editor(s)	Alan C. Marks Rod Stephens
Running time	96 minutes
Production company(s)	Gaylord Productions (in association with) Schaefer/Karpf/Eckstein Production
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18)

Six Against the Rock is a 1987 American film on TV about the Battle of Alcatraz, based on Clark Howard's book about the aborted 1946 escape attempt.

Cast

• David Carradine as Bernard Coy
• Howard Hesseman as Joseph "Dutch" Cretzer
• David Morse as Marvin Hubbard
• Charles Haid as "Crazy" Sam Shockley
• Jan-Michael Vincent as Miran "Buddy" Thompson
• Paul Sanchez as Dan Durando
• Richard Dysart as Warden Johnston
• Dennis Farina as 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