Cell 2455 Death Row (film) explained

Cell 2455, Death Row
Director:	Fred F. Sears
Producer:	Wallace MacDonald
Screenplay:	Jack DeWitt
Starring:	William Campbell Robert Campbell
Cinematography:	Fred Jackman Jr.
Editing:	Henry Batista
Music:	Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited)
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	77 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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.

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.^[1]

See also

• List of American films of 1955

Notes and References

1. Variety. June 9, 1954. Doomed Killer Sells His Book. 3. Archive.org.