I want to live!
(DVD) 

Based on newspaper articles by Ed Montgomery, and the letters of Barbara Graham.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.

Special features: Original theatrical trailer.

Photography, Lionel Lindon ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, John Mandel.

Susan Hayward (Barbara Graham), Simon Oakland (Ed Montgomery), Virginia Vincent (Peg), Theodore Bikel (Carl Palmberg), Wesley Lau (Henry Graham), Philip Coolidge, Lou Krugman, James Philbrook, Gage Clark, John Marley, Marion Marshall.

Arrested for fatally beating an elderly widow, Barbara Graham at first goads the police, refusing to answer their questions. But when an alleged accomplice turns state's evidence, Graham insists that she is innocent. Condemned by the press and the public, Graham is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber. With her execution date getting near, Graham desperately attempts to expose the truth and save her life against all odds.

DVD format; NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.

In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 1958: Best actress (Susan Hayward).