Birdman of Alcatraz

Name: Birdman of Alcatraz
Director: John Frankenheimer
Released: 1962
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field

1962 · 147 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 20,208 VOTES · DIR. John Frankenheimer

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,341 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:57 (guide) You will see all the man-made and natural beauties

00:06:55 Just don't touch it again.

00:14:24 Do me this one favour.

00:19:54 - They've broken his heart. - Mrs Stroud, please.

00:24:21 The only way you can break it is to go on sick call.

00:35:34 Open up. Go ahead.

00:42:10 What the hell is eatin' you?

00:48:30 Use up a lot of birdseed, huh?

00:56:30 (Gaddis) Sealed off from the world, denied the fundamental drive of man

01:02:50 You'll get a boot outta this, Bob. You know what she wanted him to say?

01:09:14 Well, you'd better go pick it up. It's in the deputy's office.

01:13:35 I was just saying goodbye to Shelbyville, Indiana.

01:18:28 - Yes, but I don't see... - Publicity. That's what did it.

01:22:45 but the profits will be turned over to the prison welfare fund

01:26:54 I don't understand what you're talkin' about, Mom.

01:34:27 Why don't you look at somethin', see if it works?

01:38:49 He said if I were out, I might have a good chance to get a research grant.

01:46:20 It's quite an establishment you've got here.

01:51:14 Yeah.

01:56:19 Do you?

02:01:26 You fought your heart out for me.

02:08:49 After a brief outburst of destruction

02:17:15 This is isn't Iwo Jima.

28:19:01 he heard the final verdict.

Cast & Characters

Burt Lancaster Robert Franklin Stroud Karl Malden Harvey Shoemaker Thelma Ritter Elizabeth Stroud Neville Brand Bull Ransom Betty Field Stella Johnson Telly Savalas Feto Gomez Edmond O'Brien Tom Gaddis Hugh Marlowe Albert Comstock Whit Bissell Dr. Ellis Crahan Denton Kramer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,341

Dialogue density9.1 lines / min

First line00:01:57

Final line28:19:01

Production Record

DirectorJohn Frankenheimer

LanguageEnglish

Budget$2,650,000

Revenue$3,100,000

IMDb votes20,208