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In 2003, a forensic hydrodynamics study by Dutch scientists concluded that debris matching the raft’s materials could have made landfall undetected. Combined with credible sightings of two men in a stolen car near San Jose the following morning, the escape remains plausible.

The 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz , directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris, cemented this story in global consciousness. It premiered just as the FBI concluded its active search. The movie ends ambiguously—showing a flower left on Alcatraz, suggesting the men survived. escape+from+alcatraz+19791979