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Cell 2455 Death Row (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Cell 2455, Death Row' is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Fred F. Sears and starring William Campbell and Robert Wright Campbell. It is based on the 1954 book of the same name.
Plot
A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.
Cast
* William Campbell as Whit Whittier
* R. Wright Campbell as Whit as a Boy (as Robert Campbell)
* Marian Carr as Doll
* Kathryn Grant as Jo-Anne
* Harvey Stephens as Prison Warden
* Vince Edwards as Hamiton
* Allen Nourse as Serl Whittier
* Diane DeLaire as Hallie Whittier
* Bart Braverman as Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley)
* Paul Dubov as Al
* Tyler MacDuff as Nugent
* Buck Kartalian as Monk
* Eleanor Audley as Blanche
* Thom Carney as Hatcheck Charlie
* Joseph Forte as Lawyer (as Joe Forte)
* Howard Wright as Judge
Production
Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to Caryl Chessman's book 'Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story' for $10,000 in June 1954. Columbia planned the film as a documentary-type story and did not intend that the film should advocate for Chessman's innocence.
See also
*List of American films of 1955
References
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