Bea Marcus who plays the bank manager is the mother of director Phillip Marcus
Terror On Alcatraz is seen as an unofficial follow up to Clint Eastwood's Escape From Alcatraz 1979
The lead character Frank Morris really did escape from Alcatraz and was on the FBI most wanted list for many years. Morris along with the Anglin brothers escaped in June 1962 and were never caught
The scenes set in the infamous island prison were really filmed there and therefore is added to list of movies and television series filmed at Alcatraz which include.. Point Blank 1967 The Enforcer 1976 Escape From Alcatraz 1979 The Rock 1996