Summary
A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 38GoodWatch 44
IMDb6.4
Audience score12%
Running time
1 h 17 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −29 min on the typical 106
typical 10677Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1955
April 19, 1955
71 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 17 more22 people
- William CampbellWhit Whittier
- R. Wright Campbell Whit as a boy (as Robert Campbell)
- Marian CarrDoll
- Kathryn GrantJo-Anne
- Vince EdwardsHamilton
- Allen NourseSerl Whittier
- Diane DeLaireHallie Whittier
- Bart BravermanWhit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley)
Paul DubovAl
Tyler MacDuffNugent
Buck KartalianMonk
Eleanor AudleyBlanche
Thom CarneyHatcheck Charlie
Joseph ForteLawyer (as Joe Forte)
Howard WrightJudge
Harvey StephensWarden
Joe TurkelCurly- JAJoel AllenGuard
George CisarPolice Captain
Kenner G. KempCourt Clerk
Alan DexterPlain Clothesman- WTWayne TaylorSkipper Adams
Directing · 2
- Fred F. Sears Director
- Eddie Saeta Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Jack DeWitt Screenplay
- Caryl Chessman Novel
Production · 1
- Wallace MacDonald Producer
Camera · 1
- Fred Jackman Jr. Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Henry Batista Editor
Sound · 3
- Jean L. Speak Sound
- John P. Livadary Recording Supervision
- Mischa Bakaleinikoff Conductor
Art · 2
- Robert Peterson Art Direction
- Frank Tuttle Set Decoration
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