Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Movie
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.
Directed By : John Frankenheimer
Genres : Drama, Crime
Status : Released
Released : Jul 4, 1962
Tagline : Inside the rock called Alcatraz they tried to chain a volcano they called 'The Bird Man'!
Length : 147 minutes
Cast
- Burt Lancaster
- Karl Malden
- Thelma Ritter
- Neville Brand
- Betty Field
- Telly Savalas
- Edmond O'Brien
- Hugh Marlowe
- Whit Bissell
- Crahan Denton
- James Westerfield
- Robert Bailey
- Nicky Blair
- Mushy Callahan
- James J. Casino
- Noble 'Kid' Chissell
- John Indrisano
- Pete Kellett
- David McMahon
- Pat Moran
- Ben Roseman
- Frankie Van
- Robert Burton
- Lewis Charles
- Nick Dennis
- Mike Mahoney
- Raymond Greenleaf
- William Hansen
- Wayne Heffley
- Michael Masters
- Joe McGuinn
- Victor Romito
- Anton von Stralen
- Robert B. Williams
- William Hoehne Jr.
- Dale Van Sickel
- Kermit Maynard
- Harry Holcombe
- Fred Libby
- Len Lesser
- Edward Mallory
- Adrienne Marden
- George Mitchell
- Leo Penn
- Chris Robinson
- Michael Ross
- Phil Schumacher
- Ray Spiker
- Harry Jackson
- Raoul Freeman
Crew
- Executive Producer : Harold Hecht
- Director : John Frankenheimer
- Screenplay : Guy Trosper
- Director of Photography : Burnett Guffey
- Producer : Stuart Millar
- Novel : Thomas E. Gaddis
- Art Direction : Fernando Carrere
- Makeup Artist : Robert J. Schiffer
- Original Music Composer : Elmer Bernstein
- Editor : Edward Mann
- Sound Designer : George Cooper
- Director of Photography : John Alton
- Producer : Guy Trosper
- Assistant Director : David Silver
- Special Sound Effects : James M. Falkinburg
- Production Manager : Gilbert Kurland
- Special Sound Effects : Robert A. Reich
- Camera Operator : Richard H. Kline
- Orchestrator : Jack Hayes
- Electrician : Harry Sundby
- Orchestrator : Leo Shuken
- Camera Operator : James Saper