Making The Props
They started to set the plan into motion little by little. It was hard, but they had a brilliant plan. They did not only plan to escape this fortress but wanted to leave dummies in their place! It was not enough to escape Alcatraz because they needed to find a way to leave the island. Back then, prison guards were instructed to shoot on sight. As you can see, the men knew what they were up against.
Making The Props
Their Assignments
The members of the team were assigned different tasks. However, they each needed to look for a way to get out of their cells when it was time for them to escape. The Anglin brothers were placed in charge of making the fake heads they would leave in their beds. They were made roughly from toilet paper, soap wax, and real human hair from the barber shop in the prison! Morris was in charge of creating an accordion-like instrument that could inflate a raft and life vests.
Their Assignments
