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Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 03/31/23. William Friedkin. Director....
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Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 03/31/23. William Friedkin. Director. Bill Butler. Cinematographer. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Filmmaker William Friedkin helps a young black...
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The People vs. Paul Crump: Directed by William Friedkin. With Paul Crump, Major James Harris, Mary Alice Harris. Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair.
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- Documentary
- William Friedkin
- 1962
A very young William Friedkin produced and directed this documentary for television in 1962 when Paul Crump had been in prison for nine years, waiting on death row. Crump was convicted for the shooting death of a Chicago meat-packing plant's security guard during an armed robbery, which netted some $20,000.
Synopsis. Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Friedkin so believed in Crump's innocence...
Jun 2, 2014 · set in motion events that would save the life of another man not in attendance, Paul Crump, a Chicago death row inmate whose appeals by this time (1960) were exhausted and was scheduled for execution. Inspired by "Citizen Kane" and moved by Crump’s story, Friedkin made the leap to filmmaking.
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The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1962 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.
