Directed by John Frankenheimer
Starring Burt Lancaster · Karl Malden · Thelma Ritter · Neville Brand
Original language: English
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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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- Burt LancasterRobert Stroud
- Karl MaldenHarvey Shoemaker
- Thelma RitterElizabeth Stroud
- Neville BrandBull Ransom
- Betty FieldStella Johnson
- Telly SavalasFeto Gomez
- Edmond O'BrienTom Gaddis
- Hugh MarloweRoy Comstock
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- Directed by
- John Frankenheimer
- Written by
- Guy Trosper, Thomas E. Gaddis
- Released
- 1962-07-04
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
