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Cell 2455 Death Row is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 19 april 1955 with William Campbell
Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 april 1955
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Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 film based on the prison memoir of death row inmate Caryl Chessman. The film was directed by Fred F. Sears and stars William Campbell as the adult "Whit Whittier" and R. Wright Campbell as "Whit" (Chessman) as a boy. Chessman's birth name was Carol Whittier Chessman.
The film, while following the book closely, carries the disclaimer "The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional".
Actors
William Campbell
(Whit Whittier)
Kathryn Crosby
(Jo-Anne)
Vince Edwards
(Hamilton)
Robert Wright Campbell
(Whit as a boy (as Robert Campbell))
Bart Braverman
(Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley))
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