# I Want to Live! (1958)

> A morally disreputable woman is condemned for a murder she insists she did not commit, turning her final ordeal into a devastating challenge to capital punishment.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/17494

## Facts

- Runtime: 120 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Director: Robert Wise
- Cast: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge, Lou Krugman, James Philbrook
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051758/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: grim, harrowing, realistic, classic cinema night, social justice discussion

## Synopsis

A woman caught in a web of deceit fights for her life against a corrupt system.

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