The Chair

7.5/ 10 2 votes 1963-08-24 0h 54m 0 popularity

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

Director: Robert Drew

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Paul Crump

Self

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James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert Drew

Correspondent

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Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

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John Macdonald

Correspondent

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