Biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told — which airs tonight at 8pm EST on TCM as part of their Easter season programming ...

Robert Stroud became known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz,” and is likely the most famous, and perhaps, most violent inmate who stayed there. In 1963, the final prisoners were escorted off the island to ...

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 ...