The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Directed by John Frankenheimer

Some films that I watched when I was a boy made an indelible impression on my imagination. I think I have mentioned some of them: The Bridge on the River Kwai, for example. Our Film of the Week was one such. I have a memory of watching this black and white film — and it had to be black and white — with my father, all caught up in the story of a man, …