I Want to Live!
“The murder trial that shook the world!”
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
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Cast
47 people
Susan Hayward
Barbara Graham
Known for
The Lusty Men
I Married a Witch
Simon Oakland
Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
Known for
Psycho
West Side Story
Virginia Vincent
Peg
Known for
The Hills Have Eyes
The Return of Dracula
Theodore Bikel
Carl G.G. Palmberg
Known for
The African Queen
My Fair Lady
Wesley Lau
Henry L. Graham
Known for
The Time Tunnel
Perry Mason
Philip Coolidge
Emmett Perkins
Known for
North by Northwest
The Tingler
Lou Krugman
John R. 'Jack' Santo
Known for
Spider-Woman
Irma la Douce
James Philbrook
Bruce King
Also in
Sound of Horror
The Thin Red Line
Bartlett Robinson
District Attorney Milton
Known for
Sleeper
The Spirit of St. Louis
Gage Clarke
Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
Known for
The Bad Seed
The Return of Dracula
Joe De Santis
Al Matthews
Known for
The Professionals
Deadline - U.S.A.
John Marley
Father Devers
Known for
The Godfather
Love Story
Robert Wise Director · Nelson Gidding Screenplay Don Mankiewicz Screenplay
Worldwide gross $5.6M · Budget $1.4M · United States release November 18, 1958
Box office
Budget
$1,383,578
Worldwide gross
$5,641,711
Gross vs. budget
4.1×
Production
United Artists
Production
Figaro Incorporated Production
Production
Figaro
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 18, 1958
Theatrical
Brazil
July 10, 2007 · Physical · DVD/VHS
France
April 1, 1959 · Theatrical
May 18, 2004 · Physical · DVD
May 25, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
April 17, 1959 · Theatrical
May 24, 2004 · Physical · DVD-Veröffentlichung
Italy
December 3, 1958 · Theatrical
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