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  1. Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, who was sentenced to solitary confinement after having killed a prison guard.

  2. A biographical crime drama about Robert Stroud, a convicted murderer who became a renowned bird expert in prison. Starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter and directed by John Frankenheimer, the film was nominated for four Oscars.

    • (19K)
    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • John Frankenheimer
    • 1962-07-04
  3. A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert. In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man.

  4. Sentenced to life in solitary confinement after killing a prison guard, despondent inmate Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) combats loneliness and tedium by nursing an ailing bird back to health.

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    • Burt Lancaster
    • John Frankenheimer
    • Biography, Crime, Drama
  5. A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf5...

    • 3 min
    • 7K
    • Amazon MGM Studios
  6. The true story of a most extraordinary prisoner--Robert F. Stroud--a two-time killer who spent 43 years in solitary at Alcatraz...a prison which was reserved to house the worst of the...

  7. 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.

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