Birdman of Alcatraz

Movie • 1962 • Drama  

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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.
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BettyBeaGettyMcClanahan
VERY minor. The prisoner at the beginning throws the bird he finds on the floor in anger but the bird ends up fine.
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BettyBeaGettyMcClanahan
The main character's various birds are ill and he tries different concoctions to save them, but some end up dead anyway.
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BettyBeaGettyMcClanahan
They show various dead birds that die of an illness the prisoner is trying to find a cure for.
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Does a horse die?
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