Directed by John Frankenheimer Birdman of Alcatraz is a little too long.  That's my first thought.  I can only listen to the soothing musings of Burt Lancaster for so long, and with this movie I started to tune him out at around the 100 minute mark.  Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a murderer quick to anger. … Continue reading Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)