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By Joel A (1,152) on 18 May 2013

Despite the changes to history, and the odd slip into melodrama, Frankenheimer's biopic of the criminal-turned-avian expert still has many…

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By Jay B (1,110) on 07 Feb 2013

An interesting chronicling of the incarcerated life of Robert Stroud…

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By Four Star F (259) on 03 Nov 2012

An Oldie but...Goodie Released, July 1962, One of the finest prison movies ever made that is a gripping true story , and a inspirational &…

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By Muhammad K (221) on 02 Aug 2012

This Is how a movie on alcatraz should be filmed. even though it black and white, filmed beyond my years…

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By Orlok W (1,270) on 05 Jun 2012

The great Burt Lancaster in perhaps his greatest performance--Quite slow sometimes, but very powerful…

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By Post G (66) on 30 Sep 2011

Bold and interesting film, which is to be expected from Frankenheimer. Fascinating story, perhaps let down a little by a few historical inaccuracies…

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By Dave R (1,620) on 09 Aug 2011

One questions why a 73-year-old man who has spent more than 43 years in solitary confinement hasn't been paroled by Federal authorities like…

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By Ryan G (1,232) on 04 Jul 2011

The Best performance of Lancaster's career, and one of the finest prison films ever made…

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By Dan N (275) on 16 May 2011

Fine biography of Robert Stroud is carried almost entirely by Burt Lancaster's sensitive performance, lifting it beyond trite, preachy pap…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 06 May 2011

An exhaustive abstraction of the John Frankenheimer social outcast…

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By Brad W (876) on 27 Mar 2011

Excellent story with some very good, credible acting…

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By Justin R (1,063) on 11 Feb 2011

A very good biographical prison film with a triumphant performance from Burt Lancaster in the title role, but the film should have been titled…

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By Sv G (510) on 06 Feb 2011

Though Lancaster's performance is a fine one, the role he plays of two time murderer & prisoner Robert Stroudt is undoubtedly sentimentalized…

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By Andrew U (319) on 26 Nov 2010

Interesting critique of the American penal system…

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By Roy S (309) on 14 Nov 2010

Sure don't make them like this anymore, and I sure wish they did. Quaintly preachy liberalism aside, it is splendidly crafted…

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By Mike G (614) on 03 Nov 2010

Highly dramatized account of Robert Stroud, a murderer and a psychopath by most accounts who used much of his time behind bars rather well…

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By Anna L (514) on 25 Aug 2010

Great movie…

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By Randy T (648) on 15 Jun 2010

A somewhat fictionalized account of Robert Stroud, the inmate known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, this is an excellent film starring Burt Lancaster…

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By Doug D (91) on 02 Jun 2010

Let's just say I wasn't wowed…

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By Teresa S (334) on 04 May 2010

(1962 Director: John Frankenheimer) I especially like Daniell's & Danny's reviews of this classic book-into-movie based on a true story…

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