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4 days ago · As you explore these cinematic journeys through one of America’s most storied prisons, be sure to vote on your favorite movies to help shape our list. Photo 1: The Rock. Photo 2: Birdman of Alcatraz. Photo 3: The Last Gangster. Photo: The Rock.
Jul 16, 2024 · Cast and Crew. Burt! Karl! Two of the most spectacular performers we’ve seen in this column square off in Birdman of Alcatraz. Let’s talk Karl Malden first. We’ve seen his supporting roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, both Elia Kazan films.
Jul 2, 2024 · John Frankenheimer, American television and film director who was considered one of the most important and creatively gifted directors of the 1950s and ’60s. He was especially noted for such classic movies as The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and for the thriller Black Sunday (1977).
Jul 3, 2024 · Birdman of Alcatraz. Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter. 21 votes. Sentenced to life in solitary confinement after killing a prison guard, despondent inmate Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) combats loneliness and tedium by nursing an ailing bird back to health.
2 days ago · Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the Birdman of Alcatraz (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942. At a young age he took to pimping and was involved in a murder during a drunken brawl.
Jul 10, 2024 · Over 1K filmgoers have voted on the 70+ films on Best Movies With Burt Lancaster. Current Top 3: Judgment at Nuremberg, From Here to Eternity, Birdman of ...
Jul 16, 2024 · Shortly after Alcatraz opened as a federal prison in 1934, its career as a setting for movies began. From "Alcatraz Island" (1937) through "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962) Hollywood depicted life on the isolated island. After the prison closed in 1963, a new era began.
