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Bookmark this pageBird Man of Alcatraz (1961)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Striking performance by Lancaster in this factually based story of a double killer, sentenced to life in solitary, who gets hooked on birds after rescuing a fledgling sparrow, and gradually turns himself into a noted ornithologist. Despite some embarrassing sociological trimmings and an overwrought Ritter as mom fighting for her boy, a likeable film, particularly in its observation of the evolving relationship between the anti-social prisoner and the hostile warder (Brand, excellent) from whom he is forced to beg favours.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: John Frankenheimer
Producer: Stuart Millar, Guy Trosper
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe full cast
Duration: 148 mins
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