I want to live movie review
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. Show
CastDirectorProducerWritersCastingEditorCinematographyComposerHairstylingStudiosCountryLanguageAlternative TitlesJag vill leva!, Vull viure, Chci žít!, Laßt mich leben, ¡Quiero vivir!, می خواهم زندگی کنم!, Antakaa minun elää!, Je veux vivre, Élni akarok!, Non voglio morire, 나는 살고 싶다, Chcę żyć!, Quero Viver!, Я хочу жить!, 我要活下去 GenresThemesTheatricalPhysicalPopular reviewsMore
In I Want to Live! Robert Wise tells a story of Barbara Graham, a woman who’s sentenced to death for murder along with two other members of her “gang”. The movie advertises itself as a true story, however, a lot of it was fictionalized. I’m only focused on the aspects presented by the movie. Despite the grim subject matter at first I Want to Live! is in fact quite fast paced and lively. The jazz music, Barbara's snarky comments (plenty of killer lines (no pun intended)) and her love for her son all remind us of the gift that is life. There are struggles and some of it isn’t fun to watch because her life has gone in the wrong… Was I want to live based on a true story?In I Want to Live! (1958), a movie based on real events, Hayward portrayed Barbara Graham, a prostitute who was convicted (possibly wrongly) with two companions of having murdered a wealthy widow in 1953 and was executed in the gas chamber. For her moving performance, Hayward finally received an Oscar. What is the story behind the movie I Want to Live?Popular on Variety. I Want to Live! is a drama dealing with the last years and the execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward), who was convicted at one time or another of prostitution, perjury, forgery and murder. It is a damning indictment of capital punishment. How accurate is the movie I Want to Live?In an interview with Robert Osborne, Susan Hayward admitted that her research on the evidence and letters in the case led her to believe that Graham was guilty. Despite some of the liberties taken with Graham's story, the film's depiction of the California gas chamber was regarded as accurate. Where was the movie I Want to Live filmed?Prison scenes were filmed at the real San Quentin State Prison, at San Rafael on I-580 just over the Toll Bridge from Richmond, California. The gas chamber was, however, reconstructed on the soundstage in Hollywood. If you want to visit this notorious facility of San Quentin, there is a San Quentin Prison Museum. |