Documentary

The Chair

7.5(2)196354mEN

Directed by Robert Drew

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.

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Cast

Paul Crump

Self

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Correspondent

Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

John Macdonald

Correspondent

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