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title: 'Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Frankenheimer'
released: '1962-07-03'
runtime_minutes: 148
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/birdman-of-alcatraz-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

1962 · 148 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien and Telly Savalas. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, who was sentenced to solitary confinement after having killed a prison guard. A federal prison inmate, he became known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his studies of birds, which had taken place when he was incarcerated at Leavenworth Prison where he was allowed to keep birds in jail. Although known as "The Birdman of Alcatraz", Stroud was never allowed to keep any birds after his transfer to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1942.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Frankenheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-frankenheimer)
- **Screenplay:** [Guy Trosper](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-trosper)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Harold Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-hecht)
- **Director of Photography:** [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey)

## Cast

- [Raymond Greenleaf](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-greenleaf)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [James Westerfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-westerfield)
- [Hugh Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-marlowe)
- [Telly Savalas](https://cinepixo.com/people/telly-savalas)
- [George Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-mitchell)
- [Edmond O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-o-brien)
- [Thelma Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-ritter)
- [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell)
- [Leo Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-penn)
- [Betty Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-field)
- [Neville Brand](https://cinepixo.com/people/neville-brand)
- [Harry Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-jackson)
- [Karl Malden](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-malden)

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