---
title: 'I Want to Live! (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-want-to-live-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051758/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Want to Live! (1958)

1958 · 120 min · Drama, History, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

I Want to Live! is a 1958 American independent biographical film noir drama film directed by Robert Wise, and starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, and Theodore Bikel. It follows the life of Barbara Graham, a prostitute and habitual criminal, who is convicted of murder and faces capital punishment. The screenplay, written by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz, was adapted from personal letters written by Graham, in addition to newspaper articles written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery in the San Francisco Examiner. The film presents a highly fictionalized version of the case, indicating the possibility that Graham may have been innocent.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [Nelson Gidding](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-gidding), [Don Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mankiewicz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johnny Mandel](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-mandel)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lionel Lindon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-lindon)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck)

## Cast

- [Susan Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-hayward)
- [John Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-marley)
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Joe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-de-santis)
- [Olive Blakeney](https://cinepixo.com/people/olive-blakeney)
- [Raymond Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-bailey)
- [Bartlett Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bartlett-robinson)
- [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel)
- [Wesley Lau](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-lau)
- [Simon Oakland](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-oakland)
- [Virginia Vincent](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-vincent)

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