Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence. more »rank #4 ·12I Want to Live! is a 1958 American biographical film noir directed by Robert Wise, and starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, and Theodore Bikel. It follows the life of Barbara Graham, a prostitute and habitual criminal who is convicted of murder and faces capital punishment. The screenplay, written by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz, was adapted from personal letters written by Graham, in addition to newspaper articles written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery. The film presents a semi-fictionalized version of the case, indicating the possibility of innocence concerning Graham.
