Burt Lancaster (Robert Stroud), Karl Malden (Warden Harvey Shoemaker), and Thelma Ritter (Elizabeth Stroud).
(1962), released in English as Birdman of Alcatraz , is a classic American biographical drama directed by John Frankenheimer. The film stars Burt Lancaster in one of his most iconic roles as Robert Stroud, a real-life prisoner who became a world-renowned ornithologist while serving a life sentence. Movie Overview L'UOMO DI ALCATRAZ 1962
The film portrays Stroud as a quiet, redeemed intellectual. Historical records and prison psychiatrists, however, often described the real Stroud as a dangerous and unrepentant sociopath with an I.Q. of 112. Burt Lancaster (Robert Stroud), Karl Malden (Warden Harvey