
Papillon(1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.


“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.

Burt Lancaster
Robert Stroud

Karl Malden
Harvey Shoemaker

Thelma Ritter
Elizabeth Stroud

Neville Brand
Bull Ransom

Betty Field
Stella Johnson

Telly Savalas
Feto Gomez

Edmond O'Brien
Tom Gaddis

Hugh Marlowe
Roy Comstock

Whit Bissell
Dr. Ellis

Crahan Denton
Kramer
Birdman of Alcatraz is a drama, crime film released in 1962 exploring themes of prison, prisoner, rebel, difficult childhood, human animal relationship, alcatraz prison. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it stars Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter. 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.
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