TY  - ADVS
AU  - Frankenheimer,John
AU  - Bernstein,Elmer
AU  - Lancaster,Burt
AU  - Malden,Karl
AU  - Ritter,Thelma
AU  - Gaddis,Thomas E.
TI  - Birdman of Alcatraz
U1  - 791.437 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - [U.K.]
PB  - MGM Home Entertainment
N1  - Film made in 1962; Based on the book by Thomas E Gaddis; Music,  Elmer Bernstein; DVDW; Dolby Digital; Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe, Telly Savalas, Crahan Denton, James Westerfield; BBFC code: PG
N2  - Based on the true story of Robert Stroud, as told by Tom Gaddis in his renowned biography. Hardened murderer Stroud (Burt Lancaster) is a withdrawn prison inmate who discovers a way of dealing with his isolation when he begins to care for a sick bird, nurses it back to health, develops an interest in ornithology, and becomes a world authority on the subject. Even when he is transferred to the notorious 'Rock' in San Francisco Bay, his interest does not abate
ER  -