Who is Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!?

Susan Hayward plays Barbara Graham in the film.

What is I Want to Live! about?

This film tells the riveting true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward, in an Academy Award-winning performance), a perpetual offender who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. When journalist Ed Montgomery (Simon Oakland), whose initial newspaper articles on Barbara's crime played up her recklessness, becomes convinced that she may be innocent, he begins a desperate campaign to save her from the gas chamber.

I Want to Live!

Name: I Want to Live!
Duration: 120
Rating: 83

NR 2 hr

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is I Want to Live!?: I Want to Live! is 2 hr long.

Who directed I Want to Live!?: Robert Wise

Who is Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!?: Susan Hayward plays Barbara Graham in the film.

What is I Want to Live! about?: This film tells the riveting true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward, in an Academy Award-winning performance), a perpetual offender who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. When journalist Ed Montgomery (Simon Oakland), whose initial newspaper articles on Barbara's crime played up her recklessness, becomes convinced that she may be innocent, he begins a desperate campaign to save her from the gas chamber.