The Chair
7.5
2 votes
August 24, 1963
54m
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.
Directed by
Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker
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