Cell 2455 Death Row (film)

Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Fred F. Sears and starring William Campbell and Robert Wright Campbell. It is based on the 1954 book of the same name.

Plot
A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.

Cast

 * William Campbell as Whit Whittier
 * R. Wright Campbell as Whit as a Boy (as Robert Campbell)
 * Marian Carr as Doll
 * Kathryn Grant as Jo-Anne
 * Harvey Stephens as Prison Warden
 * Vince Edwards as Hamiton
 * Allen Nourse as Serl Whittier
 * Diane DeLaire as Hallie Whittier
 * Bart Braverman as Whit, as a Young Boy (as Bart Bradley)
 * Paul Dubov as Al
 * Tyler MacDuff as Nugent
 * Buck Kartalian as Monk
 * Eleanor Audley as Blanche
 * Thom Carney as Hatcheck Charlie
 * Joseph Forte as Lawyer (as Joe Forte)
 * Howard Wright as Judge

Production
Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to Caryl Chessman's book Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story for $10,000 in June 1954. Columbia planned the film as a documentary-type story and did not intend that the film should advocate for Chessman's innocence.