72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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I Want To Live!

Robert Wise
USA
Synopsis
An early bold denunciation of the horror of the death penalty by Wise who attended an execution to make this drama about a woman accused of murder as realistic as possible. Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her dramatic role. Gerry Mulligan, among others, performed the jazz soundtrack.
Director
Robert Wise
Screenplay
Nelson Gidding, Don M. Mankiewicz
Photography
Lionel Lindon
Edition
William Hornbeck
Music
John Mandel
Cast
Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau
Running Time
120 m.
Country
USA
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