Birdman of Alcatraz
1962, Film, 147 min, Biography, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 74
Inside the rock called Alcatraz they tried to chain a volcano they called 'The Bird Man'!
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
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Directed by John Frankenheimer
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Robert Franklin Stroud
- Karl Malden as Harvey Shoemaker
- Thelma Ritter as Elizabeth Stroud
- Neville Brand as Bull Ransom
- Betty Field as Stella Johnson
- Telly Savalas as Feto Gomez
- Edmond O'Brien as Tom Gaddis
- Hugh Marlowe as Albert Comstock
- Whit Bissell as Dr. Ellis
- Crahan Denton as Kramer
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