I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!

120 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 18, 1958

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.

I Want to Live!

120 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 18, 1958

I Want to Live!
Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Figaro
Original title I Want to Live!
Directors Robert Wise
Writers Ed Montgomery, Don Mankiewicz, Nelson Gidding

Cast

Susan Hayward

as Barbara Graham

Simon Oakland

as Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery

Theodore Bikel

as Carl G.G. Palmberg

Wesley Lau

as Henry L. Graham

Philip Coolidge

as Emmett Perkins

Lou Krugman

as John R. 'Jack' Santo

James Philbrook

as Bruce King

Bartlett Robinson

as District Attorney Milton

Gage Clarke

as Attorney Richard G. Tibrow

Joe De Santis

as Al Matthews

John Marley

as Father Devers

Raymond Bailey

as San Quentin Warden

Gertrude Flynn

as San Quentin Matron

Russell Thorson

as San Quentin Sgt.

Dabbs Greer

as San Quentin Capt.

Stafford Repp

as Police Sgt.

Gavin MacLeod

as Police Lt.

Alice Backes

as Barbara, San Quentin Nurse

Wendell Holmes

as Detective

Gerry Mulligan

as Jazz Combo Member

Shelly Manne

as Jazz Combo Member

Red Mitchell

as Jazz Combo Member

Art Farmer

as Jazz Combo Member

Frank Rosolino

as Jazz Combo Member

Pete Jolly

as Jazz Combo Member

Bud Shank

as Jazz Combo Member

John George

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

John Barton

as Clerk (uncredited)

Leonard Bell

as San Francisco Hood (uncredited)

Olive Blakeney

as Corona Warden (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

as Reporter (uncredited)

Peter Breck

as Ben Miranda (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

as Bailiff (uncredited)

George Chester

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Noble Chissell

as Guard (uncredited)

Jack Weston

as NCO at Party (uncredited)

Hope Summers

as Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)