Jan 10, 2021 · Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a federal prison inmate known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his life with birds.
- John Frankenheimer
- Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas
- Harold Hecht, Stuart Millar, Guy Trosper
- Thomas E. Gaddis (book), Guy Trosper
Aug 16, 2019 · Directed by Andrew Jones. With Derek Nelson, Mark Homer, Harriet Rees, Patrick O'Donnell. A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber and a gangster, attempt to escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island.
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- Andrew Jones
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Feb 26, 2008 · Directed by John Paget. With John Dekker, Armando Mendoza. Calling All Cons! With the 70th Anniversary of Alcatraz Penitentiary fast approaching, National Park Service Ranger John Cantwell is inviting every known ex-Alcatraz inmate - and their former cell house guards - back to the Rock for an 'Alcatraz Alumni Gathering.' (And you thought your family reunion was dysfunctional!)
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- John Dekker, Armando Mendoza
- John Paget
Jan 16, 2012 · Created by Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt. With Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra. In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz.
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2 days ago · The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed along with three of the perpetrators.
- May 2–4, 1946
- Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, San Francisco, California, United States
- Escape attempt failed
Nov 20, 2017 · Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: 1969 - 1971 From November, 1969 to June, 1971, a group called Indians of All Tribes, Inc., occupied Alcatraz Island. This group, made up of Indigenous people, relocated to the Bay Area, to protest against the United States government's policies that took aboriginal land away from American Indians ...
Jan 08, 2016 · This article was published in collaboration with Vice.. Not many people ever make it out of the ADX. Officially called the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence — and colloquially known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” — the ADX is the highest-security federal prison in the country, located in the Colorado mountains.
Oct 10, 2015 · In June 1962, three inmates shimmied through a hole they’d chiseled into the walls of Alcatraz prison and climbed up to the roof. To mask their escape, they’d placed in their bunks realistic ...
Feb 23, 2013 · The tiger cages were small cages where prisoners were literally left to die; they were given neither numbers nor names, but were merely left there. Some prisoners were hung on metal hooks, others were beaten with clubs. Open sores from metal shackles quickly became infected by the layer of human waste left on the floor.