I Want to Live! Movie Review 1958

Based on a scandalous true story, Hayward gives a riveting, Oscar-winning performance as a prostitute framed for the murder of an elderly woman and sentenced to death in the gas chamber. Producer Walter Wanger's seething indictment of capital punishment.

Distribution

Critics' Choice Video & DVD, PO Box 749, Itasca, IL 60143, Toll-free: 800-993-6357, Email: vcatalog@ccvideo.com, URL: http://www.ccvideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Death Row, Order in the Court, Oldest Profession, Women in Prison, Mistaken Identity

Screenplay

Nelson Gidding, Don Mankiewicz

Cast

Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau

Cinematography

Lionel Lindon

Director

Robert Wise

Music

Johnny Mandel

Other

William Hornbeck

Producer

Inc. Figaro

Awards

Oscars 1958: Actress (Hayward); Golden Globes 1959: Actress--Drama (Hayward); N.Y. Film Critics 1958: Actress (Hayward).