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The Chair

(1963)

August 24, 1963• 0h 54m
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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.

Robert Drew

Director

Top Billed Cast

PC

Paul Crump

Self

JL

James Lipscomb

Narrator

RD

Robert Drew

Correspondent

GS

Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

JM

John Macdonald

Correspondent

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