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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The true story of a most extraordinary prisoner--Robert F. Stroud--a two-time killer who spent 43 years in solitary at Alcatraz a prison which was reserved to house the worst of the worst. While in confinement, Stroud educated himself and became a world-renowned ornithologist, developing cures for ill birds.
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