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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
Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story is a 1954 memoir and the first of four books written on death row by convicted robber, rapist and kidnapper Caryl Chessman (27 May 1921 – 2 May 1960).
His four books—Cell 2455, Death Row; Trial by Ordeal; The Face of Justice; and The Kid Was a Killer—became bestsellers. He sold the rights to Cell 2455, Death Row to Columbia Pictures, which made a 1955 film of the same name, directed by Fred F. Sears, with William Campbell as Chessman. Chessman's middle name, Whittier, was used as the ...
Campbell's film career began in 1950, with a small part in the John Garfield film The Breaking Point. After several years of similar supporting performances in a number of films, including as a co-pilot in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954), he won his first starring role in Cell 2455 Death Row (1955), a low-budget prison film for Columbia Pictures.
He had an uncredited bit in Cell 2455, Death Row (1955) for Columbia. His first credited film role was in 5 Against the House (1955), an early role for Kim Novak. [4] His pay was $200 per week. Mathews then was cast in the title role of a treatment of Joseph and his Brothers with Rita Hayworth. However, the film was cancelled shortly before ...
During his time spent in solitary confinement, Bunker was near the cell of death row inmate Caryl Chessman, who was writing his memoir Cell 2455, Death Row. Chessman had sent Bunker an issue of Argosy magazine, in which the first chapter of his book was published; in 1955 the memoir was made into a movie by Fred F. Sears.
Cell 2455 Death Row (film) The Ceremony (1963 film) The Chamber (1996 film) Changeling (film) Chicago (2002 film) Chinna Madam; Citizen Gangster; Citizen X; Clemency (film) Compulsion (1959 film) The Confession (1970 film) The Conspirator; The Conspirators (1969 film) Court Martial (1959 film) Crimewave; Cromwell (film) Crossed Over; The Crow ...
Cell 2455, Death Row: April 30, 1955: New Orleans Uncensored: April 1955: Jungle Moon Men: May 1, 1955: Seminole Uprising: May 1955: The End of the Affair: Co-production with Coronado Productions June 9, 1955: The Adventures of Captain Africa: Serial film: June 10, 1955: 5 Against the House: Co-production with Dayle Productions June 22, 1955 ...