I WANT TO LIVE


 "I WANT TO LIVE" (1958)

This is a biographical film drama directed by Robert Wise. It stars Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent and Theodore Bikel. It is based on the true story of Barbara Graham, 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, newspaper articles written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery in the San Francisco Examiner were made use of. The film presents a highly fictionalized version of the case, indicating the possibility that Graham may have been innocent. The film was a commercial and critical success, garnering favorable reviews from critics for Hayward's performance as well as the film's realistic depiction of capital punishment. The film earned a total of six Academy Award nominations, with Hayward winning a "Best Actress" Oscar at the 31st Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Award in the same category.
SYNOPSIS: "This film tells the riveting true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward, in an Academy Award-winning performance), a perpetual offender who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. When journalist Ed Montgomery (Simon Oakland), whose initial newspaper articles on Barbara's crime played up her recklessness, becomes convinced that she may be innocent, he begins a desperate campaign to save her from the gas chamber."

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