The Chair

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker
Release Date August 24, 1963
Runtime 54 min (0h 54m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Drew Associates

The Chair (1963)

Directed by Robert Drew , Gregory Shuker , Richard Leacock , D. A. Pennebaker
⭐ 3.8 / 5 (2 votes) ⏱️ 54 min 🎬 Documentary
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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

Live Multi-Source
– / 5
MATCHCUT Members
– / 10
IMDb Audience
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TOMATOMETER Critics
– / 100
METASCORE Top Critics
7.5 / 10
TMDB (2)

Ratings Breakdown:

2 TMDB votes
0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.

Top Cast & Filmmakers

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Director Robert Drew
Robert Drew
Director
 Director Gregory Shuker
Gregory Shuker
Director
 Director Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock
Director
 Director D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Director
 Paul Crump
Paul Crump
Self
 James Lipscomb
James Lipscomb
Narrator
 Robert Drew
Robert Drew
Correspondent
 Gregory Shuker
Gregory Shuker
Correspondent
 John Macdonald
John Macdonald
Correspondent

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