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.
$2,650,000
$3,100,000
July 4, 1962
Norma Productions, United Artists
50 people
Burt Lancaster
Robert Stroud
Acting
Karl Malden
Harvey Shoemaker
Acting
Thelma Ritter
Elizabeth Stroud
Acting
Neville Brand
Bull Ransom
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Betty Field
Stella Johnson
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Telly Savalas
Feto Gomez
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Edmond O'Brien
Tom Gaddis
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Hugh Marlowe
Roy Comstock
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Whit Bissell
Dr. Ellis
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Crahan Denton
Kramer
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James Westerfield
Jess Younger
Acting
Robert Bailey
Reporter on Dock (uncredited)
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