They settle in and go about their daily routines, but Jenkin starts to analyze the prison and think of ways to escape.

He steals items from the wood shop to make wooden keys that fit the locks to their cells.

Lee and Jenkin bury these keys in the prison garden while tending it and make many other preparations for their escape.

Goldberg short-circuits the light in his cell, causing the electricity to go out and calls for the guard, distracting him so that the trio can reach the last door.

They leave the prison and find a taxi driven by a black driver to take them out of Pretoria after offering him cash.

It transpires that the biggest manhunt ensued in the aftermath, but they managed to escape to London via Mozambique, and Tanzania.

[8] Filming commenced on location in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 2019, with some scenes being shot at Mitcham railway station and others in the centre of the city, in Pirie Street.

The latter was also featured prominently in a classic prison film, A Man Escaped directed by Robert Bresson.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Escape from Pretoria doesn't quite do justice to the fact-based story it's dramatizing, but that lack of depth is offset by suitably gripping jailbreak action.