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.
as Robert Stroud
as Harvey Shoemaker
as Elizabeth Stroud
as Bull Ransom
as Stella Johnson
as Feto Gomez
as Tom Gaddis
as Roy Comstock
as Dr. Ellis
as Kramer
as Jess Younger
as Reporter on Dock (uncredited)
as Inmate (uncredited)
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as Sen. Ham Lewis (uncredited)
as Chaplain Wentzel (uncredited)
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Judge (uncredited)
as Fred Daw (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
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as Guard Kenny (uncredited)
as Alcatraz Guard (uncredited)
as Alcatraz Captain of Guards (uncredited)
as Editor (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Burns (uncredited)
as John Clary (uncredited)
as Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
as Father Matthieu (uncredited)
as Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)
as Logue (uncredited)
as Convict Qualen's Friend (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Appleton - Murdered Guard (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
