Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Conquering the Wall
Season 1 Episode 4 of 8
Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life. 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
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman airs on Sky History at 5:00 PM, Thursday 2 January.
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