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Feature film — 1996

The Rock (1996)

7.22h 17mAction — Adventure — Thriller

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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A high-signal pick with 5,451 votes.

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures

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Director: Michael Bay

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Cast & crew

Sean Connery as John Patrick Mason

Sean Connery

John Patrick Mason

Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Nicolas Cage

Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Ed Harris as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

Ed Harris

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

John Spencer as FBI Director James Womack

John Spencer

FBI Director James Womack

David Morse as Major Tom Baxter

David Morse

Major Tom Baxter

William Forsythe as Special Agent Ernest Paxton

William Forsythe

Special Agent Ernest Paxton

Michael Biehn as Commander Charles Anderson

Michael Biehn

Commander Charles Anderson

Vanessa Marcil as Carla Pestalozzi

Vanessa Marcil

Carla Pestalozzi

John C. McGinley as Marine Captain Hendrix

John C. McGinley

Marine Captain Hendrix

Gregory Sporleder as Captain Frye

Gregory Sporleder

Captain Frye

Tony Todd as Captain Darrow

Tony Todd

Captain Darrow

Bokeem Woodbine as Sergeant Crisp

Bokeem Woodbine

Sergeant Crisp

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