10 Best Prison Breaks


	10 Best Prison Breaks

clip-on-tie

6-22-2009 6:02 PM

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not the tv series

clip-on-tie says:

The last 3:

Imrali (1974)
At a Turkish island jail, Billy Hayes stole a boat and survived to see the movie adaptation—Midnight Express—win two Oscars.

Pretoria Prison (1979)
Political activists learned to pick locks while in the clink. (Or did a sympathetic guard help?) They opened 10 doors on the way out.

Luynes and Grasse Prisons (2001, 2003, 2007)
Pascal Payet called in a hijacked helicopter. He later returned in another to lift out two buddies. Recaptured, he did it again—on Bastille Day.

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6-23-2009 11:06 AM

Kelika

Love the last one with the helicopter - that had style. Plus he came back for his pals.

6-23-2009 1:18 PM

tanyamm

That last would have been something to see.

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