The Chair

The Chair

1963 · Documentary · 0h 54m · 7.5

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.

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Cast

P
Paul Crump
Self
J
James Lipscomb
Narrator
Robert Drew
Robert Drew
Correspondent
G
Gregory Shuker
Correspondent
J
John Macdonald
Correspondent

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