History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman Escaping Devil's Island (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Crime

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History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

Escaping Devil's Island (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Crime

Petty thief Rene Belbenoit is captured and sentenced to hard time at France's notorious penal colony in French Guiana; he is determined to escape or die trying, and his story becomes the basis of several popular movies in Hollywood.

Editor

Wynn McMillin

Production Designer

Peter Kelly

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Release date

Aug 26, 2024 (United States)

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Morgan Freeman Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Seven (1995)
Andrew Patrick Nelson Self - Professor: University of Utah Self - Professor: University of Utah See fewer	Into the Wild Frontier (2022)
Caleb O'Neal Leonce Leonce See fewer	Hidden in the Heart of Texas: The Official Hide and Go Seek Documentary
Devyn Sandidge Prisoner Prisoner See fewer	Rumble Through the Dark (2023)
Britton Webb Thomas Rose Thomas Rose See fewer	Emancipation (2022)