The Chair
1963•54m•7.5/10
Documentary
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.5/10(2)
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.
Production
Drew Associates
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Paul Crump
Self
James Lipscomb
Narrator
Robert Drew
Correspondent
Gregory Shuker
Correspondent
John Macdonald
Correspondent
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