Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman
2021
Documentary | 8 x 60
Interviews and re-creations bring some of history’s most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates’ meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, who starred in “Shawshank Redemption,” hosts and executive produces this series. Conversations with some of the prisoners, their families, their cellmates, guards and prison employees are used to round out the potrayals of famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations.
