After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Unfortunately the movie Birdman of Alcatraz is not yet available on HBO Max.
Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
Production | Harold Hecht | Executive Producer |
Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
Production | Stuart Millar | Producer |
Art | Fernando Carrere | Art Direction |
Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
Writing | Guy Trosper | Screenplay |
Sound | George Cooper | Sound Designer |
Writing | Thomas E. Gaddis | Novel |
Editing | Edward Mann | Editor |
Camera | John Alton | Director of Photography |
Production | Guy Trosper | Producer |
Production | Gilbert Kurland | Production Manager |
Directing | David Silver | Assistant Director |
Crew | Robert A. Reich | Special Sound Effects |
Camera | Richard H. Kline | Camera Operator |
Lighting | Harry Sundby | Electrician |
Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
Crew | James M. Falkinburg | Special Sound Effects |
Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
Camera | James Saper | Camera Operator |