Based on the true story of Robert Stroud,
he served a life sentence in prison.
He was sent to a penitentiary to serve 12 years on Puget Sound’s McNeil
Island for killing a man in 1909 who was beating up a woman. Because he was so violent, he was moved
to Leavenworth Kansas in 1912.
He was there only six months when he killed a guard. He was supposed to be hanged but his
mother intervened through Edith Bolling Wilson, the wife of President Woodrow
Wilson. His sentence was changed
to a life sentence in solitary confinement. While in Leavenworth, he became interested in birds and he
started raising and caring for them to fill his time. He was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942.
This is very good, the birds change a man
so hard that nothing can reach into his protected core. The birds are innocent and needy plus
they don’t ever judge their caretaker.
I have a feeling that the real Robert Stroud was nothing like the man
portrayed by Burt Lancaster. 4* (I
really liked this movie)
147 min, Drama directed by
John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville
Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas.
Note: Blockbuster 3 ½*, imdb 7.8 out of 10, 82%
critic 79% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
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