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Birdman of Alcatraz: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand. A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Apr 10, 2024 · Robert Stroud. In full: Robert Franklin Stroud. Byname: Birdman of Alcatraz. Born: 1890, Seattle, Washington, U.S. Died: November 21, 1963, Springfield, Missouri (aged 73) Notable Works: “Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds”
By. James R. Coffey. Brought to public awareness primarily by the 1962 American biographical film, Birdman of Alcatraz (starring Burt Lancaster), Robert Stroud was a convicted murderer. He was sent to federal prison where he spent 42 years in solitary confinement.
Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was probably the most famous inmate ever to reside on Alcatraz. In 1909 he brutally murdered a bartender who had allegedly failed to pay a prostitute for whom Stroud was pimping in Alaska.
Oct 30, 2018. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Sentenced to life in solitary confinement after killing a prison guard, despondent inmate Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) combats loneliness and tedium by...
Jul 27, 2023 · Who is the Birdman of Alcatraz? In 1909, Robert Stroud was just eighteen. Though young, Stroud had already embarked on the path that would eventually land him in the United States’ most notorious penitentiary. In January of 1909, Stroud was acting as a “pimp” in Juneau, Alaska for a woman named Kitty O’Brien who was almost twenty years his senior.
Birdman of Alcatraz, American dramatic film, released in 1962, that made a household name of convicted murderer Robert Stroud, the so-called “Birdman of Alcatraz.” The film is a sentimentalized look at Stroud (played by Burt Lancaster), who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison.
