History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman
Documentary
Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed; Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, who starred in "Shawshank Redemption," a film focusing on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary, hosts and executive produces the series; conversations with some of the prisoners, their families, their cellmates, guards and prison employees are used to round out the potrayals of famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations.
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Conquering the Wall
Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the prison wall; they made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison.
12:00 PM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman San Quentin Breakout
A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer an audacious prison break.
1:00 PM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Conquering the Wall
Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the prison wall; they made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison.
12:00 AM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman San Quentin Breakout
A lifelong escape artist, Forrest Tucker, ends up in San Quentin prison; despite his advanced age, he manages to engineer an audacious prison break.
1:00 AM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Vietnam POW Escape
A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam War.
12:00 PM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Breakout in Plain Sight
An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.
1:00 PM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Vietnam POW Escape
A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam War.
12:00 AM on History Canada East
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History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman Breakout in Plain Sight
An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.
1:00 AM on History Canada East
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