I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!
by Robert Wise

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Actor: Simon Oakland, Susan Hayward, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau
Director: Robert Wise
Brand: HAYWARD,SUSAN
Editor: William Hornbeck
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Barbara Graham
Writer: Don Mankiewicz
Writer: Ed Montgomery
Writer: Nelson Gidding
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

DVD Reviews of I Want to Live!

DVD Review: I Want To Live - DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

Excellent movie with an powerful performance by Susan Hayward. She deserved the oscar she won for her role in this movie. Not an easy movie to watch. Heart wrenching!

DVD Review: One of the best
Summary: 5 Stars

Last saw this film when it first came out. What a treat to watch it again.In my opinion,Susan Hayward was one of the finest actress of that era.

DVD Review: Excellent service
Summary: 5 Stars

I am very satisfied with the service I received. I ordered the movie one day via expedited shipping and received it within the time frame! The product was in excellent condition as well.

DVD Review: Ten stars
Summary: 5 Stars

Riveting. Susan Hayward's performance is frighteningly real. The story is a little frustrating because she can't get out of her own way. It's cold, dark and depressing, but a must see if you like the old stuff.

DVD Review: I got great service!
Summary: 5 Stars

I received my DVD in a few days. Since it was a Christmas present for my sister, I appreciated the fact that it arrived so quickly.

Description of I Want to Live!

Prostitute, party girl, perjurer, bad-check passer, petty criminal. She's all this and more...but is she a murderer? Susan Hayward won 1958's Best Actress Academy Award?(r) for her "sensational, nerve-shattering performance" (Los Angeles Times) in this harrowing, "must-see" (The Motion Picture Guide) tale that will leave you breathless with suspense. Arrested for fatally beating an elderly widow, Barbara Graham (Hayward) at first goads the police, refusing to answer their questions. But when an alleged accomplice turns state's evidence, Graham insists that she's innocent. Condemned by the press and the public, Graham is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber. But as her execution date nears, Graham desperately attempts to expose the truth and save her life against all odds.

Susan Hayward won an Academy Award? for her performance in the compelling 1958 classic I Want to Live! Hayward plays Barbara Graham, a "good-time girl" with a heart of gold and absolutely no instincts about when to drop a bad association. After bouncing in and out of the prison system for a series of petty crimes, Graham suddenly finds herself framed for murder and facing the death penalty. Hayward is simply marvelous, giving a wrenching, complex performance without ever becoming maudlin. Director Robert Wise ratchets the tension up to a nearly unbearable level, making Barbara's moments of hope as agonizing as those of her despair. The film is based on the story of the real-life Barbara Graham, taken from her letters and interviews with reporter Ed Montgomery. Montgomery himself appears as a character, and the film is surprisingly evenhanded about condemning his own role in Graham's conviction. This is definitely a must-see for Hayward fans. --Ali Davis

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