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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton is known for adapting Birdman of Alcatraz, the book by Thomas E. Gaddis published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Birdman of Alcatraz. Poster of the 1962 movie and cover of the 1955 book
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Thomas E. Gaddis, 1955
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Birdman of Alcatraz
John Frankenheimer, Charles Crichton, 1962

While serving a life sentence at Alcatraz, Robert Stroud, a convicted murderer, nurses a sick bird that enters his cell back to health, eventually transforming into an internationally recognized expert in ornithology.