Birdman of Alcatraz

Synopsis

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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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Burt Lancaster
  as Robert 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

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