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{{Short description|1958 film noir by Robert Wise}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = I Want to Live! | image = I Want to Live! (1958) master poster art.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Robert Wise]] | producer = [[Walter Wanger]] | screenplay = [[Nelson Gidding]]<br />[[Don Mankiewicz]] | based_on = {{based on|Articles and letters|[[Edward S. Montgomery|Edward Montgomery]] and [[Barbara Graham]]}} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Susan Hayward]] * [[Simon Oakland]] * [[Virginia Vincent]] * [[Theodore Bikel]] * [[Wesley Lau]] }} | music = [[Johnny Mandel]] | cinematography = [[Lionel Lindon]] | editing = [[William Hornbeck]] | studio = Figaro, Inc. | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{Film date|1958|10|29|ref1={{sfn|Bernstein|2000|p=446}}}} | runtime = 120 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1.4 million{{sfn|Bernstein|2000|p=446}} | gross = $3.5 million{{sfn|Cairns|2013|p=123}}β$5.6 million{{sfn|Bernstein|2000|p=446}} }} '''''I Want to Live!''''' is a 1958 American [[independent film|independent]]<ref name="screeningamericanindiefilm">[https://books.google.com/books?id=F868EAAAQBAJ Screening American Independent Film - Google Books]</ref> [[Biographical film|biographical]] film noir [[drama]] film directed by [[Robert Wise]], and starring [[Susan Hayward]], [[Simon Oakland]], [[Virginia Vincent]], and [[Theodore Bikel]]. It follows the life of [[Barbara Graham]], a [[prostitution|prostitute]] and habitual criminal, who is convicted of murder and faces [[capital punishment]]. The screenplay, written by [[Nelson Gidding]] and [[Don Mankiewicz]], was adapted from personal letters written by Graham, in addition to newspaper articles written by [[1951 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist [[Edward S. Montgomery|Ed Montgomery]] in the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]''. The film presents a highly fictionalized version of the case, indicating the possibility that Graham may have been innocent. Released in late 1958, ''I Want to Live!'' was a commercial and critical success, garnering favorable reviews from critics for Hayward's performance, as well as the film's realistic depiction of capital punishment. The film earned a total of six [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, with Hayward winning a [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Oscar]] at the [[31st Academy Awards]] as well as the [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] in the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama|same category]].
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