BREAKOUT (1975)

MORGAN'S RATING

Charles Bronson portrays Nick Colton, a tough bush pilot who is hired to spring innocent man Jay Wagner from a Mexican jail. Unfortunately for the both of them, Wagner was framed for murder by wealthy Harris Wagner, who has the financial resources to make the escape very difficult for the both of them.

Charles Bronson (Nick Colton), Robert Duvall (Jay Wagner), Jill Ireland (Ann Wagner), Randy Quaid (Hawk Hawkins), Sheree North (Myrna), Jorge Moreno (Sosa), Emilio Fernandez (J.V.), Paul Mantee (Telegraphist), Alan Vint (Harve), Alejandro Rey (Sanchez), William B. White (Officer), Roy Jenson (Spencer), Sidney Clute (Henderson), Chalo Gonzalez (Border Guard), Antonio Tarruella, Don Norgano Frill (Prison Guards), John Huston (Harris Wagner), Dan Frazer (U.S. Customs Agent, uncredited).

NO PRISON IS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD BRONSON!

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: May 22nd, 1975 (USA)

DIRECTOR: Tom Gries (Breakheart Pass). WRITERS: Elliott Baker, Howard B. Kreitsek and Marc Norman, and based on the novel Ten Second Jailbreak by Eliot Asinof, Warren Hinckle and William Turner. PRODUCERS: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jerry Goldsmith. DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"What sets this film apart from the majority of Bronson's work is the breadth his character emcompasses. He has an abundance of dialogue rather than his usual strong silent type; here he gets a cocky, determined, but not so confident role." -- Jeff Ulmer, digitallyOBSESSED. com

QUOTES

Harris Wagner: It's a pity at my age, falling victim to a cliche. Because of a distant link between his chromosomes and mine, my grandson shall remain alive.