| Description |
1 videodisc (2 hr., 1 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Based on a newspaper article by Edward Montgomery and the letters of Barbara Graham. |
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Includes the original theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Photography, Lionel Lindon; music, John Mandel; editor, William Hornbeck. |
| Cast |
Susan Hayward (Barbara Graham), Simon Oakland (Ed Montgomery), Virginia Vincent (Peg), Theodore Bikel (Carl Palmberg), Wesley Lau (Henry Graham), Philip Coolidge, Lou Krugman, James Philbrook, Gage Clark, John Marley, Marion Marshall. |
| Summary |
A screen adaptation of the dramatic events in the life of a "B-Girl," Barbara Graham, a vagrant prostitute and fast-living party girl, which led to a sensational murder trial and afterwards, her execution in the gas chamber despite growing doubts about her guilt. The background music is made up in its entirety of progressive jazz. |
| System Details |
DVD; mono., Dolby digital; widescreen format. |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Actress of 1958: Susan Hayward. |
| Language |
In English, with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles. |
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Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Death row inmates -- United States -- Drama.
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Film noir.
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Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Crime films and programs.
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Biographies.
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Features.
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Adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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Hayward, Susan, 1917-1975.
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Oakland, Simon.
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Vincent, Virginia, 1918-2013
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Bikel, Theodore.
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Lau, Wesley, 1921-1984.
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United Artists Corporation.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792852540 |
| Music No. |
1003430 MGM Home Entertainment |
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