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The Chair

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The Chair — Plot

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

  • Release date
  • August 24, 1963
  • Runtime
  • 54 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • Robert Drew

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The Chair — Cast

Paul Crump Self James Lipscomb Narrator Robert Drew photo Robert Drew Correspondent Gregory Shuker Correspondent John Macdonald Correspondent

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