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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Karl Malden, James Westerfield, Burt Lancaster, Crahan Denton, Whit Bissell, Neville Brand, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien, Betty Field, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Prison, Biopic [Feature]

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a federal prison inmate known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his life with birds. In spite of the title, much of the action is set at Leavenworth prison where Stroud was jailed with his birds. When moved to Alcatraz he was not allowed to keep any pets. (See "Jail Birds: The Story of Robert Stroud" by Rachel Bell.) The film was adapted by Guy Trosper from the 1955 book by Thomas E. Gaddis. It was nominated for Academy Awards for... MORE

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Birdman of Alcatraz - A Convict's Rights

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - A Convict's Rights - Stroud (Burt Lancaster) breaks a train window on the way to jail, making a bad first impression on his new warden, Shoemaker (Karl Malden).

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Birdman of Alcatraz - Prison Riot
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Prison Riot - Stroud (Burt Lancaster) appears distraught when convicts Burns (Len Lesser) and Logue (Chris Robinson) start a prison riot at Alcatraz.
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Birdman of Alcatraz - Going Into Business
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Going Into Business - Fellow bird-lover Stella (Betty Field) convinces Stroud (Burt Lancaster) to go into business selling bird remedies.
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Birdman of Alcatraz - Stupid Bird Tricks
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Stupid Bird Tricks - Stroud (Burt Lancaster) impresses the new warden (James Westerfield) with his trained sparrow, and seizes the moment to request some birdseed.
2:10min
Birdman of Alcatraz - Learning to Fly
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Learning to Fly - Bored with life in solitary, Stroud (Burt Lancaster) teaches his injured pet sparrow to fly.
2:13min
Birdman of Alcatraz - Death of a Canary
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Death of a Canary - After the death of his canary, Gomez (Telly Savalas) reminisces about an ex-girlfriend who tried to train her parrot to speak.
2:13min
Birdman of Alcatraz - Solitary for Life
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Solitary for Life - Stroud (Burt Lancaster), relieved that his death sentence has been commuted, learns from Shoemaker (Karl Malden) that he must spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement.
1:57min
Birdman of Alcatraz - Leaving Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Leaving Alcatraz - Stroud (Burt Lancaster) transfers out of Alcatraz and meets Tom Gaddis (Edmond O’Brien), the man who wrote a book about him.
1:52min
Birdman of Alcatraz - Give Her Up
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Give Her Up - Elizabeth (Thelma Ritter) forces Stroud (Burt Lancaster) to choose between her and his wife.
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Birdman of Alcatraz - I Give You My Word
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - I Give You My Word - Stroud (Burt Lancaster) ends the prison riot by throwing the convicts’ guns out the window to Shoemaker (Karl Malden).