USA,
1962, 147 min
Directed by:
John FrankenheimerScreenplay:
Guy TrosperComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, Leo Penn, Raymond Greenleaf (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Burt Lancaster stars as the notorious prisoner, Robert Stroud, sentenced to a life of solitary confinement for murdering a prison guard. When he finds an injured sparrow in the prison yard, Stroud nurses it back to health and discovers a new calling in life. Over the years he becomes a renowned ornithologist, and even a respected author, achieving a greater sense of purpose behind prison walls than many in the outside world will ever know. (Eureka Entertainment)
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