The Chair

Name: The Chair
Cast: Paul Crump, James Lipscomb, Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker, John Macdonald

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Directors: D. A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock, Robert Drew

Paul Crump

as Self

James Lipscomb

as Narrator

Robert Drew

as Correspondent

Gregory Shuker

as Correspondent

John Macdonald

as Correspondent

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