John Frankenheimer's moving drama tells the story of banged up double murderer Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster), a prisoner who takes flight from solitary confinement through a burgeoning love of birds (the feathery variety, that is). Lancaster's Stroud has been shaved of a few rough edges to make him likeable, but Big Burt's performance is still incredible: he moves from cold blooded killer to brilliant ornithologist with utter conviction.
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