Betty Field

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.

Dir. Don Siegel · With Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.

Dir. Joshua Logan · With Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

Dir. Joshua Logan · With William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell