A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Susan Hayward | ... | Barbara Graham | |
| Simon Oakland | ... | Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery | |
| Virginia Vincent | ... | Peg | |
| Theodore Bikel | ... | Carl G.G. Palmberg | |
| Wesley Lau | ... | Henry L. Graham | |
| Philip Coolidge | ... | Emmett Perkins | |
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Lou Krugman | ... | John R. 'Jack' Santo |
| James Philbrook | ... | Bruce King | |
| Bartlett Robinson | ... | District Attorney Milton | |
| Gage Clarke | ... | Attorney Richard G. Tibrow | |
| Joe De Santis | ... | Al Matthews | |
| John Marley | ... | Father Devers | |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | San Quentin Warden | |
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Alice Backes | ... | Barbara, San Quentin Nurse |
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Gertrude Flynn | ... | San Quentin Matron |
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Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police to arrest them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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death row | jazz score | execution of woman | true crime | courtroom drama |Taglines:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
3 December 1958 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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Barbara Graham: Why not?
Corona Warden: It's too... provocative.
Barbara Graham: [Incredulous] Provocative? There's nothing but dames here! Not a man within miles!
Barbara Graham: [waving her hand across the bars of her prison cell] And I've got these for a chastity belt!
Barbara Graham: [continues] Oh, boy, would I love to have somebody to provoke!
Corona Warden: It's very foolish to make trouble on your first night, Barbara. I'd advise you to wear the nightgown we provided you.
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Barbara's actual response to the guard advising her to "take a deep breath, it's easier" was supposedly "how _the hell_ would you know". Apparently it had to be cleaned up for the 1958 audience, which is ironic given the rather graphic nature of the scene. See more »Goofs
When Barbara wakes up screaming from a nightmare, a prison matron comes in shining a flashlight on her. In close-up, the light has a Fresnel-type lens, but in the next long shot, the flashlight has a clear lens. See more »Quotes
Corona Warden: [noticing that Barbara is wearing a negligee in her prison cell] I'm sorry, you can't wear that here.Barbara Graham: Why not?
Corona Warden: It's too... provocative.
Barbara Graham: [Incredulous] Provocative? There's nothing but dames here! Not a man within miles!
Barbara Graham: [waving her hand across the bars of her prison cell] And I've got these for a chastity belt!
Barbara Graham: [continues] Oh, boy, would I love to have somebody to provoke!
Corona Warden: It's very foolish to make trouble on your first night, Barbara. I'd advise you to wear the nightgown we provided you.
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The 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. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Her acting in this movie has to be one of the greatest performances that she has ever done on film.The proof of the pudding shows the results. I saw the ACADEMY AWARDS for that year, after seeing the movie there was no doubt in my mind that she did indeed deserve the OSCAR.