The Chair
Documentary
7.5
7.50h 54m
August 24, 1963
Overview
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
Cast
P
Paul Crump
Self
J
James Lipscomb
Narrator
Robert Drew
Correspondent
G
Gregory Shuker
Correspondent
J
John Macdonald
Correspondent
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