Birdman of Alcatraz is not really a prison picture in the traditional and accepted sense of the term. Birdman reverses the formula and brings a new breadth and depth to the form. In telling ...

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").

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 Prison could join The Playboy Mansion and Matchroom HQ as the latest bizarre venue to stage a boxing match.