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19 April 1955 (USA) moreTagline:
Confession before the cameras by convicted "Lover's Lane" Bandit!Plot:
Whit (William Campbell), condemned and awaiting execution, reviews the events of his life that has brought him to Cell 2455 on San Quentin's Death Row... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Tough, direct, and totally unsympathetic... more (6 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| William Campbell | ... | Whit Whittier | |
| R. Wright Campbell | ... | Whit as a boy (as Robert Campbell) | |
| Marian Carr | ... | Doll | |
| Kathryn Grant | ... | Jo-Anne | |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | Warden | |
| Vince Edwards | ... | Hamilton | |
| Allen Nourse | ... | Serl Whittier | |
| Diane DeLaire | ... | Hallie Whittier | |
| Bart Braverman | ... | Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley) | |
| Paul Dubov | ... | Al | |
| Tyler MacDuff | ... | Nugent | |
| Buck Kartalian | ... | Monk | |
| Eleanor Audley | ... | Blanche | |
| Thom Carney | ... | Hatcheck Charlie | |
| Joseph Forte | ... | Lawyer (as Joe Forte) |
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The actors playing Whit Whittier as an adult (William Campbell) and a boy (R. Wright Campbell) are real-life brothers. moreFAQ
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Fred F. Sears directed this adaptation of Death Row inmate Caryl Chessman's memoirs of being the first criminal ever to be sentenced to death without actually murdering anyone (he fell under the Little Lindbergh Law, kidnapping with bodily harm to the victim). For unexplained reasons, screenwriter Jack DeWitt has changed Chessman's name here to Whit Whittier (!), but the film pulls no punches in detailing his crimes, from boyhood to hard-bitten adult. These episodes, in and out of the slammer, are like a textbook for pulpy B-movies, yet Sears never gets glossy (this is no film-noir). Still, the hammering Sears gives the viewer is exhausting (even at 75 minutes, the picture feels lengthy). Crime-buffs will be impressed, all others not enamored of the genre might get restless. Vince Edwards has a small part as one of Whittier's later co-horts, six years before his "Ben Casey" television series and he never even gets a close-up. ** from ****