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1959
Best Actress
Susan Hayward
1959
Nominated Director
Robert Wise
1959
Nominated Cinematography
1959
Nominated Editing
1959
Nominated Sound
1959
Nominated Adapted Screenplay
I Want to Live
1958
Rank
126
Score
85.18
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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3/15/21
Crime Biographical Noir Drama
Robert Wise presents his version of Barbara Graham’s story, a grifter fast-living girl who is sent to death row after being implicated on a murder and a journalist campaign to save her. Susan Howard performance makes a strong case against capital punishment.
DIRECTOR
Robert Wise
American film director, producer and editor with unusual flexibility in different genres (1914-2005).
CAST
Susan Hayward
American (1917-1975)
Simon Oakland
American (1915-1983)
Virginia Vincent
American (1918-2013)
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