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Breakout

1997
1 season
3 episodes

Over barbed wire, through tunnels, by boat, by plane... Relive the world's greatest and most daring prison escapes in this three-part series narrated by Rod Steiger.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Fortress Escapes

    03-01-1997

    Relive the Leavenworth escape and witness Casanova's historic escape from the clutches of Venetian Inquisitors. Discover how Lord Nithsdales' noble wife saved him from the Tower of...

  • Ep 2

    2.Prisoner of War Escapes

    10-01-1997

    Meet the soldiers who refused to remain captive to the enemy. Relive the strategies, the triumphant escapes and the tragic deaths of Prisoners of War who dared to BREAK OUT!

  • Ep 3

    3.Island Escapes

    17-01-1997

    Devil's Island in French Guyana, McNeil Island Prison near Seattle and of course Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay are all island prisons that challenged the ingenuity and bravery of a...

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