FEATURE FILM / 1963

The Chair

★ 7.50h 54mDocumentary

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

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Director

Robert Drew

Status

Released

Budget

N/A

Availability

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CAST

Faces behind the story

Paul Crump

Self

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert Drew

Correspondent

Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

John Macdonald

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