I Want to Live! (1958)
Director:
Robert Wise
Tagline:
« The true story of Barbara Graham-whose murder trial shocked the world! »
Actors:
Barbara Graham
Edward S. ‘Ed’ Montgomery
Peg
Carl G.G. Palmberg
Henry L. Graham
Rating:
(8’359 votes)
(8’359 votes)
Quotes:
« Barbara Graham: I never even knew the dame.
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« Police lieutenant: You know she's been murdered, don't you?
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« Barbara Graham: Yeah. So was Julius Caesar. I didn't know him either.
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« Carl G.G. Palmberg: Life's a funny thing.
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« Barbara Graham: Compared to what?
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« Police Inspector: We have a tough, ugly job to do and you're making it tougher and uglier for all of us.
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« Barbara Graham: My heart bleeds for you. How can I help you Inspector, buy a few tickets to the policemen's ball?
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:120 minutes
Plots:
A prostitute sentenced to death for murder pleads her innocence.
Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught, they start to think that Barbara has helped the police to arrest them. As revenge, they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.
The riveting true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham, a perpetual offender who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. When journalist Ed Montgomery, whose initial newspaper articles on Barbara’s crime played up her recklessness, becomes convinced that she could be innocent, he begins a desperate campaign to save her from the gas chamber.
