Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧ 2h 27m
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. Stroud develops an interest in caring for birds and...
Release date: July 3, 1962 (USA)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: Birdman of Alcatraz
Box office: $3 million (US/Canada)