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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
External links
Cell 2455, Death Row at IMDb
Cell 2455, Death Row at the TCM Movie Database
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- Cell 2455 Death Row (film)
- Cell 2455 Death Row
- Caryl Chessman
- William Campbell (actor)
- Kathryn Crosby
- Bart Braverman
- Edward Bunker
- Paul Brinegar
- List of prison films
- James Westerfield
