A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 16 nominations total
Gage Clarke
- Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
- (as Gage Clark)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA woman named Betsy Ann Smith from Wakefield, Virginia won a bit part in this film as a prize on The Price Is Right (1956).
- GoofsWhen Barbara's son is brought to the jail for a visit and the presence of the news media upsets Barbara, she retreats to an interior area of the jail and pounds on the wall in frustration. The "brick" wall gives slightly as she throws her weight onto it.
- Quotes
Barbara Graham: I never even knew the dame.
Police lieutenant: You know she's been murdered, don't you?
Barbara Graham: Yeah. So was Julius Caesar. I didn't know him either.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with this statement: The pitiless story told in this film is a true story. This story had to be told to the whole world; the whole world should see it and hear it. What good are films if they do not make us face the realities of our time? Here is the reality of our time, and we have no right to be ignorant of it. The day will come when such documents will seem to us to refer to prehistoric times, and we shall consider them as unbelievable that in earlier centuries witches were burned or thieves had their right hands cut off. Such period of true civilization is still in the future, but this film has the honor of at least contributing to its coming". Albert Camus - Nobel Prize winner.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
Featured review
Susan Hayward at her best!
After seeing this movie a few times I was able to get a DVD copy of it. It is one of the best, if not the best movie about death row. The final scenes in the gas chamber are the most realistic i have ever seen of an execution. The movie uses real information supplied by The newsman who followed the case from the start and by Barbra Graham herself. After watching her in the gas chamber,it's very easy ro see why Susan Hayward won the Oscar for best actress.
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- Jay09101951
- Jul 21, 2003
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- The Barbara Graham Story
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- Budget
- $1,383,578 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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