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I Want to Live! (1958) · Cineora

I Want to Live! poster

A ROBERT WISE FILM

I Want to Live!

19582hNRMovie

CrimeDrama

IMDb7.5/ 10 · 8.5K votes

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.

Dark
Gritty
Melancholic
True story
Justice
The underworld

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for talking about after.

DirectorRobert Wise

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.0 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Susan HaywardBarbara Graham

Simon OaklandEdward S. 'Ed' Montgomery

Virginia VincentPeg

Theodore BikelCarl G.G. Palmberg

Wesley LauHenry L. Graham

Philip CoolidgeEmmett Perkins

Lou KrugmanJohn R. 'Jack' Santo

James PhilbrookBruce King

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