Birdman of Alcatraz

You find yourself locked in a cell so small the light feels borrowed. Then one day a sparrow falls at your feet and you cradle it like a secret. Before long you're raising birds that know your voice better than the guards do. The warden watches as your cages grow louder than his prison ever was.

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John Frankenheimer directed Birdman of Alcatraz in 1962. See John Frankenheimer's full filmography, where to start with John Frankenheimer, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Frankenheimer.

Birdman of Alcatraz was released in 1962 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 147 minutes.