Cell 2455 Death Row (film)
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Cell 2455, Death Row | |
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Directed by | Fred F. Sears |
Screenplay by | Jack DeWitt |
Based on | Cell 2455, Death Row by Caryl Chessman |
Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
Starring | William Campbell Robert Campbell |
Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. |
Edited by | Henry Batista |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Fred F. Sears and starring William Campbell and Robert Wright Campbell. It is based on the book of the same name.
Plot
A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.
Cast
- William Campbell as Whit Whittier
- R. Wright Campbell as Whit as a Boy (as Robert Campbell)
- Marian Carr as Doll
- Kathryn Grant as Jo-Anne
- Harvey Stephens as Prison Warden
- Vince Edwards as Hamiton
- Allen Nourse as Serl Whittier
- Diane DeLaire as Hallie Whittier
- Bart Braverman as Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley)
- Paul Dubov as Al
- Tyler MacDuff as Nugent
- Buck Kartalian as Monk
- Eleanor Audley as Blanche
- Thom Carney as Hatcheck Charlie
- Joseph Forte as Lawyer (as Joe Forte)
- Howard Wright as Judge
Production
Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to Caryl Chessman's book Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story for $10,000 in June 1954. Columbia planned the film as a documentary-type story and did not intend that the film should advocate for Chessman's innocence.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Doomed Killer Sells His Book". Variety. June 9, 1954. p. 3 – via Archive.org.
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