About this movie
- Genres:
- Classics
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 2:28:41
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 1962
- Quality:
- 480 (DVD equivalent)
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Burt Lancaster
Robert Stroud
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Karl Malden
Harvey Shoemaker
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Thelma Ritter
Elizabeth Stroud
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Telly Savalas
Feto Gomez
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Neville Brand
Bull Ransom
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Betty Field
Stella Johnson
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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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Graham Denton
Kramer
Directors
- John Frankenheimer
Producers
- Guy Trosper
- Stuart Miller
- Harold Hecht
- Stuart Millar
- Guy Troper
Writers
- Guy Trosper
- Thomas E. Gaddis
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Birdman of Alcatraz
In this film based on a true story, Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a withdrawn prison inmate who cures a sick bird that flies into his cell and eventually becomes a world-renowned ornithologist -- all while serving a life sentence. An overbearing warden (Karl Malden) eventually transfers Stroud to the notoriously brutal prison on Alcatraz, but he is able to continue his research, abort a riot, start a romance, and eventually get his story out through a determined reporter (Edmond O'Brien). Directed with his usual solid craftsmanship by John Frankenheimer, Birdman Of Alcatraz tells a quietly moving tale for which Lancaster, Telly Savalas (as one of Stroud's fellow inmates), and Thelma Ritter (as Stroud's mother) all received Oscar nominations.
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