Birdman of Alcatraz
Inside the rock called Alcatraz they tried to chain a volcano they called 'The Bird Man'!
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- Drama
- Crime
- History
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 4, 1962
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Norma Productions
- Cast
- Burt Lancaster,Karl Malden,Thelma Ritter,Neville Brand,Betty Field,Telly Savalas,Edmond O'Brien,Hugh Marlowe,Whit Bissell,Crahan Dentonand 40 more
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Writer
- Thomas E. Gaddis,Guy Trosper
- Producer
- Stuart Millar,Harold Hecht,Guy Trosper
- Cinematography
- Burnett Guffey,John Alton
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Budget
- $2,650,000
- Revenue
- $3,100,000
- IMDb
- tt0055798