Burt Lancaster d/ John Frankenheimer
Excellent biopic of Robert Stroud, long-term federal prisoner who took to caring and then studying birds while incarcerated in life-long solitary.
Burt shone here...slowly morphing from angry, bitter ticking bomb to gray-haired scholarly researcher, still firm in his individuality and sense of dignity but far removed from the revenge-seeking crowd around him.
The film was long but never felt like it lagged. Nicely lit and shot in glorious black and white.
A classic.
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