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I Want to Live!

The murder trial that shook the world!

6.9 / 10

120 minutes

1958-11-18

English

US

Actors :

Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge, Lou Krugman, James Philbrook, Bartlett Robinson, Gage Clarke, Joe De Santis, John Marley, Raymond Bailey, Gertrude Flynn, Russell Thorson

Description

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 arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:21 PM

My heart bleeds for you. How can I help you Inspector, buy a few tickets to the policemen's ball? Right from the off there's a realistic feel to the film that immediately draws you in. Be it the characters being acted out so deftly, or the whole composition of director Robert Wise's work, it's quite something and sets the viewer up a treat. It somehow manages to put you in there with Barbara ...