In telling, with reasonable objectivity but understandably deep compassion the true story of Robert Stroud, it achieves a human dimension way beyond its predecessors. Birdman of Alcatraz is not ...

In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud ... providing medicine developed by Stroud. But a few years after, Stroud is transferred to Alcatraz and has to leave his birds ...

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 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 ...