Birdman of Alcatraz

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.

• John FrankenheimerDirector
• Guy TrosperScreenplay
• Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer

• Burt LancasterRobert Stroud
• Karl MaldenHarvey Shoemaker
• Thelma RitterElizabeth Stroud
• Neville BrandBull Ransom
• Betty FieldStella Johnson
• Telly SavalasFeto Gomez
• Edmond O'BrienTom Gaddis
• Hugh MarloweRoy Comstock
• Whit BissellDr. Ellis
• Crahan DentonKramer
• James WesterfieldJess Younger
• Robert BaileyReporter on Dock (uncredited)