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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Cast
- 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
- Whit BissellDr. Ellis
- Crahan DentonKramer
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- John FrankenheimerDirector
- Guy TrosperScreenplay
- Thomas E. GaddisNovel
- Burnett GuffeyDirector of Photography
- John AltonDirector of Photography
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Edward MannEditor
- Stuart MillarProducer
- Guy TrosperProducer
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