The Rock

4 conversations · 6.9h

Ranked by depth, length, confidence & the podcast's track record — no editorial picks.

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1996 · Action, Adventure, Thriller · 2h 17m

Budget $75M · Box office $335M

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.

Director Michael Bay

Writers David Weisberg , Douglas S. Cook , Mark Rosner , Jonathan Hensleigh

Cinematography John Schwartzman

John Patrick Mason

Dr. Stanley Goodspeed

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

FBI Director James Womack

Major Tom Baxter

William Forsythe

Special Agent Ernest Paxton

Commander Charles Anderson

Carla Pestalozzi

John C. McGinley

Marine Captain Hendrix

Gregory Sporleder

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