Birdman of Alcatraz is not really a prison picture in the traditional ... but understandably deep compassion the true story of Robert Stroud, it achieves a human dimension way beyond its predecessors.

There’s so much to learn from these prison museums ... including mobster Al Capone and murderer Robert Stroud, both of whom have been depicted in numerous films, TV shows and even novels.

In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother, Elizabeth ...

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island ... which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates ...