Breakout is a 1975 American action film directed by Tom Gries and starring Charles Bronson and Robert Duvall. The story follows a pilot hired to rescue an imprisoned man from a Mexican jail using a helicopter. Inspired by real events, the film centers on a daring cross-border escape operation and the obstacles surrounding it.

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Charles Bronson achieved superstar status in the 1970s with box-office successes such as The Mechanic, Mr. Majestyk, and Death Wish; and 1975’s Breakout was one of Bronson’s biggest hits.

Inspired by real events, this tense adventure thriller casts Bronson as a tough mercenary pilot hired to fly into Mexico on a rescue mission – only to discover the real plan is to break a wealthy convict from a notorious prison.

Co-starring his real-life wife Jill Ireland, along with Randy Quaid, John Huston and the ever-exceptional Robert Duvall, Breakout is a thrilling action-ride, all set to a terrific Jerry Goldsmith score.

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A bush pilot is hired for fifty thousand dollars to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.