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.
Verdict: Break Even
> John Frankenheimer (Director)
> Burnett Guffey (Director of Photography)
> John Alton (Director of Photography)
> David Silver (Assistant Director)
> Thomas E. Gaddis (Novel)
> Guy Trosper (Screenplay)