Film · 1963

The Chair

Name: The Chair
Director: Robert Drew
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1963-08-24
Rating: 7.5

54 min · Directed by Robert Drew

Documentary

7.52
ratings

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.

Cast

P

Paul Crump

Self

J

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert Drew

Correspondent

G

Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

J

John Macdonald

Correspondent

Crew

Director: Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker
Producer: Gregory Shuker, Robert Drew
Editor: Ellen Giffard, Richard Leacock, Joyce Chopra, Patricia Powell
Cinematography: Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker

Details

Studios: Drew Associates
Countries: United States of America
Release: August 24, 1963

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