Cell 2455 Death Row (film)

Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Fred F. Sears and starring William Campbell and Robert Wright Campbell. It is based on the 1954 book of the same name.

Cell 2455, Death Row
Directed by	Fred F. Sears
Screenplay by	Jack DeWitt
Based on	Cell 2455, Death Row by Caryl Chessman
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Starring	William Campbell Robert Campbell
Cinematography	Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by	Henry Batista
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 19, 1955 (1955-04-19)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.

Cast

• William Campbell as Whit Whittier
• R. Wright Campbell as Whit as a Boy (as Robert Campbell)
• Marian Carr as Doll
• Kathryn Grant as Jo-Anne
• Harvey Stephens as Prison Warden
• Vince Edwards as Hamiton
• Allen Nourse as Serl Whittier
• Diane DeLaire as Hallie Whittier
• Bart Braverman as Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley)
• Paul Dubov as Al
• Tyler MacDuff as Nugent
• Buck Kartalian as Monk
• Eleanor Audley as Blanche
• Thom Carney as Hatcheck Charlie
• Joseph Forte as Lawyer (as Joe Forte)
• Howard Wright as Judge

Production

Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to Caryl Chessman's book Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story for $10,000 in June 1954. Columbia planned the film as a documentary-type story and did not intend that the film should advocate for Chessman's innocence.

See also

• List of American films of 1955

External links

• Cell 2455, Death Row at IMDb
• Cell 2455, Death Row at the TCM Movie Database