Birdman of Alcatraz

571 01:00:43,056 --> 01:00:46,683 Hey, Stroud, how come the birds ain't singing? 572 01:00:47,977 --> 01:00:50,729 Because they're sick, and so is mine. 573 01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:55,984 Hey, Stroud, my bird's going to kick off? 574 01:01:01,449 --> 01:01:03,784 "Dreaded among breeders is a highly contagious disease, 575 01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:06,161 "sometimes called septic fever. 576 01:01:06,412 --> 01:01:09,206 "Its actual existence can only be surmised and determined 577 01:01:09,248 --> 01:01:11,833 "by an immediate post mortem by a veterinary surgeon trained in..." 578 01:01:11,918 --> 01:01:13,043 GOMEZ: Hey, Stroud... 579 01:01:13,086 --> 01:01:14,586 Pipe down, Gomez. 580 01:01:14,629 --> 01:01:16,963 "Death may be rapid or delayed. 581 01:01:17,131 --> 01:01:20,467 "Feces are abnormal and always pale yellow in color. 582 01:01:21,010 --> 01:01:23,261 "There's no practical remedy." 583 01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:44,908 Stroud? 584 01:01:45,993 --> 01:01:49,162 I found bacillus Pasteurella in great quantity. 585 01:01:50,123 --> 01:01:54,459 I'd make an educated guess that there's a filterable virus. 586 01:01:54,919 --> 01:01:56,920 Then it is septic fever? 587 01:01:57,296 --> 01:01:58,630 Possibly. 588 01:01:59,590 --> 01:02:02,300 Are there any chemicals, medicines or anything? 589 01:02:02,385 --> 01:02:04,302 I couldn't find any literature on the disease. 590 01:02:04,387 --> 01:02:06,430 Apparently, there isn't any. 591 01:02:06,764 --> 01:02:11,309 So, without any specific drug, I'm afraid there isn't much I can do to help. 592 01:02:11,978 --> 01:02:14,980 Thanks, Doc. I appreciate what you've done. 593 01:02:15,022 --> 01:02:16,273 Sorry. 594 01:02:44,510 --> 01:02:46,261 RANSOM: Any change? 595 01:03:01,527 --> 01:03:02,778 Runty. 596 01:03:05,782 --> 01:03:07,032 Shame. 597 01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,123 He wasn't much of a bird. 598 01:03:15,625 --> 01:03:18,460 I threw him out last spring, but I guess it was too tough for him on the outside. 599 01:03:18,544 --> 01:03:21,463 He had to come back where he could freeload. 600 01:03:23,216 --> 01:03:25,217 He was a born panhandler. 601 01:03:28,471 --> 01:03:31,598 Tried to get rid of him as late as last Friday. 602 01:03:31,724 --> 01:03:34,810 I warned him, but he wouldn't listen to me. He was too smart. 603 01:03:37,897 --> 01:03:41,233 He'd rather have the walls than somebody to talk to. 604 01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:47,405 He didn't amount to much. 605 01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:18,353 Hey, Bob? 606 01:04:21,274 --> 01:04:22,732 You know Ape? 607 01:04:24,110 --> 01:04:25,735 The baby bird you slipped me. 608 01:04:28,823 --> 01:04:32,367 In case you're interested, he just knocked off. 609 01:04:37,623 --> 01:04:38,790 Punk. 610 01:04:42,003 --> 01:04:44,796 He dropped like he got shot in the head. 611 01:04:47,717 --> 01:04:51,511 Reminded me of an old girlfriend of mine named Peggy Beeman. 612 01:04:51,637 --> 01:04:52,804 (CHUCKLES) 613 01:04:52,847 --> 01:04:55,557 What a face. Like a pan full of worms. 614 01:04:57,184 --> 01:05:00,312 But stacked, like to make your tongue hang out. 615 01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,732 Good-hearted broad, you know? 616 01:05:04,108 --> 01:05:08,236 She used to put out to me and every other guy in the neighborhood. 617 01:05:08,321 --> 01:05:09,654 (CHUCKLING) 618 01:05:09,989 --> 01:05:11,948 A bum, in other words. 619 01:05:13,326 --> 01:05:16,494 She had a bird, too, a parrot. 620 01:05:17,663 --> 01:05:19,956 And he, too, was ugly also. 621 01:05:23,294 --> 01:05:27,547 One time I came up to her room, and the door was open, 622 01:05:28,841 --> 01:05:32,469 and she was trying to teach the parrot to say something. 623 01:05:33,095 --> 01:05:34,930 You'll get a boot out of this, Bob. 624 01:05:35,014 --> 01:05:37,182 You know what she wanted him to say? 625 01:05:38,184 --> 01:05:40,018 "I love you, Peggy." 626 01:05:40,978 --> 01:05:43,188 Over and over, you know, she kept at him. 627 01:05:43,272 --> 01:05:45,106 "I love you, Peggy." 628 01:05:45,316 --> 01:05:46,983 Oh, them two uglies. 629 01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:49,194 I figured she's some kind of nut, 630 01:05:49,278 --> 01:05:52,864 so I faded and I never seen her no more after that time. 631 01:05:54,158 --> 01:05:55,700 Good old Peg. 632 01:05:58,454 --> 01:06:00,080 So what happens? 633 01:06:00,164 --> 01:06:04,918 So I wind up in the can, and I'm talking to the birds just like she did. 634 01:06:08,547 --> 01:06:12,550 You know, I got to admit it. 635 01:06:17,056 --> 01:06:20,058 For the first time since I've been in stir, 636 01:06:22,061 --> 01:06:24,896 them baby canaries, they make me feel good. 637 01:06:33,406 --> 01:06:37,409 You know, it ain't just right to flush Apey down the toilet bowl. 638 01:06:38,661 --> 01:06:41,538 Hey, Stroud, what am I supposed to do with him, huh? 639 01:06:53,926 --> 01:06:55,802 What am I gonna do? 640 01:06:58,222 --> 01:06:59,556 Hey, Bob. 641 01:07:09,108 --> 01:07:12,569 GADDIS: St