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.
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Directed by | Fred F. Sears |
Screenplay by | Jack DeWitt |
Based on | Cell 2455, Death Row by Caryl Chessman |
Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
Starring | William Campbell Robert Campbell |
Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. |
Edited by | Henry Batista |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.
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.[1]
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