
The Life of David Gale(2003)
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.


“The murder trial that shook the world!”
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

Susan Hayward
Barbara Graham

Simon Oakland
Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery

Virginia Vincent
Peg

Theodore Bikel
Carl G.G. Palmberg

Wesley Lau
Henry L. Graham

Philip Coolidge
Emmett Perkins

Lou Krugman
John R. 'Jack' Santo

James Philbrook
Bruce King

Bartlett Robinson
District Attorney Milton

Gage Clarke
Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
I Want to Live! is a drama, crime film released in 1958 exploring themes of death penalty, death row, biography, framed for murder, fallen woman. Directed by Robert Wise, it stars Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent. Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
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