CINEMA

The Chair

196354m7.5 (2)
Documentary

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.

Crew

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Director

GS

Gregory Shuker

Producer

GS

Gregory Shuker

Director

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Director

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Director

Cast

PC

Paul Crump

Self

JL

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Correspondent

GS

Gregory Shuker

Correspondent

JM

John Macdonald

Correspondent

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