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A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 16 nominations total
Gage Clarke
- Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
- (as Gage Clark)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA woman named Betsy Ann Smith from Wakefield, Virginia won a bit part in this film as a prize on The Price Is Right (1956).
- GoofsWhen Barbara's son is brought to the jail for a visit and the presence of the news media upsets Barbara, she retreats to an interior area of the jail and pounds on the wall in frustration. The "brick" wall gives slightly as she throws her weight onto it.
- Quotes
Barbara Graham: I never even knew the dame.
Police lieutenant: You know she's been murdered, don't you?
Barbara Graham: Yeah. So was Julius Caesar. I didn't know him either.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with this statement: The pitiless story told in this film is a true story. This story had to be told to the whole world; the whole world should see it and hear it. What good are films if they do not make us face the realities of our time? Here is the reality of our time, and we have no right to be ignorant of it. The day will come when such documents will seem to us to refer to prehistoric times, and we shall consider them as unbelievable that in earlier centuries witches were burned or thieves had their right hands cut off. Such period of true civilization is still in the future, but this film has the honor of at least contributing to its coming". Albert Camus - Nobel Prize winner.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
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A case of sex in one, and half-a-dozin' of the other.
Your liking or not liking, or even your understanding of this film depends on where you see it.
In the version shown in England, the opening scene establishing the fact that Barbara Graham was a prostitute lasts for almost seven minutes. It shows Barbara getting dressed. It shows Barbara pulling the sheet off her John and heartily laughing at him as he tries to cover himself. And it shows her putting her fee into her handbag.
The closing scenes of the film merely show the cyanide pellets being placed in the bucket, then a few quick intercuts of white mist enveloping Barbara, and the reporter leaving the building: with everything over and done with in five minutes flat.
If you see this film in America, however, you will see the reverse of this. The opening scene lasts barely a minute. No laughing at John, no fees put into handbags. You would be hard pressed to puzzle out what Barbara was up to. Yet the ending, showing every single awful detail of what transpires lasts for over twenty five sickening minutes.
In the version shown in England, the opening scene establishing the fact that Barbara Graham was a prostitute lasts for almost seven minutes. It shows Barbara getting dressed. It shows Barbara pulling the sheet off her John and heartily laughing at him as he tries to cover himself. And it shows her putting her fee into her handbag.
The closing scenes of the film merely show the cyanide pellets being placed in the bucket, then a few quick intercuts of white mist enveloping Barbara, and the reporter leaving the building: with everything over and done with in five minutes flat.
If you see this film in America, however, you will see the reverse of this. The opening scene lasts barely a minute. No laughing at John, no fees put into handbags. You would be hard pressed to puzzle out what Barbara was up to. Yet the ending, showing every single awful detail of what transpires lasts for over twenty five sickening minutes.
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- Oct 24, 2001
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- Also known as
- The Barbara Graham Story
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- Budget
- $1,383,578 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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