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The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1962 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.[3]

The People vs. Paul Crump
DVD cover
Directed by	William Friedkin
Music by	Marty Rubenstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	William Friedkin
Cinematography	Wilmer Butler
Editor	Glenn McGowean
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	Facets
Budget	$6,0000[1]
Release
Original release	1962 (1962)[2]

The film was made for Chicago television and was highly praised and crucial to the career of its director William Friedkin, helping him get an agent and jobs making documentaries for David Wolper, and then an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.[4] The film won the Golden Gate Award Winner for Film as Communication at the 1962 San Francisco International Film Festival.[2]

A digitally restored version of the film was released by Facets in May 2014.[5]

See also

• List of American films of 1962

References

Friedkin, William, The Friedkin Connection, Harper Collins 2013

External links

• The People vs. Paul Crump at IMDb
• The People vs. Paul Crump at New York Times

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