Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

143 min · Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, prison film

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Directors

John Frankenheimer

Cast

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

The story

Robert Stroud is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska. He is shown as a rebellious inmate, fighting against a rigid prison system; while being transported with other prisoners by train, he breaks open the window to allow the suffocating inmates to breathe. He comes into conflict with Harvey Shoemaker, warden of Leavenworth Prison.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alcatraz, Bird, Difficult Childhood, Gefängnis, Mother Son Relationship, Murderer, Ornithology, Rebel, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, häftlinge, Drama, Prison, Biopic [feature]

Genres

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, prison film

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