He marries Stella Johnson and together they run a business, providing medicine developed by Stroud. But a few years after, Stroud is transferred to Alcatraz and has to leave his birds behind.

Alcatraz was known for housing some of the most notorious criminals, including Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Robert Franklin Stroud (the "Birdman of Alcatraz").

The true story of Robert Stroud forms the basis of John Frankenheimer's engaging prison drama about the eponymous inmate's lifelong imprisonment. Burt Lancaster plays Stroud, sentenced for a ...