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I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!

Nov 18, 1958
120 min
DramaCrime
6.9/ 10
113 votes

Overview

Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

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TMDB
6.9/10
113 votes
IMDB
7.5/10
7,509 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
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Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 16 nominations total

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"The murder trial that shook the world!"

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Original Language

en

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United ArtistsFigaro Incorporated Production

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