Birdman of Alcatraz
19622h 27mNR
75%
341 TMDB ratings
Directed by John Frankenheimer
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.
Inside the rock called Alcatraz they tried to chain a volcano they called 'The Bird Man'!
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- Release date
- July 4, 1962
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Box office
- $3,100,000
- Rated
- NR
