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Title:

The People versus Paul Crump [videorecording] / directed by William Friedkin ; produced by William Friedkin and Sterling "Red" Quinlan for WBKB, Chicago.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Full screen.

Publisher:

Facets Video,

Copyright Date:

c2014

Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Crump, Paul.
Death row inmates--Biography.
Prisoners--Biography.
African American prisoners--Biography.
Robbery--Chicago--Chicago--Case studies.
Murder--Chicago--Chicago--Case studies.
Trials (Murder)--Chicago--Chicago--Case studies.
Judicial error--Chicago--Chicago--Case studies.
Criminals--Rehabilitation.
Parole.
Criminals--Chicago.--Chicago.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Friedkin, William, producer. filmmaker, producer.
Crump, Paul, interviewee.
Quinlan, Sterling.

Notes:

Documentary. New, restored high-definition digital transfer from an archival 16mm print. Originally produced as a documentary for WBKB, Chicago, in 1962. Interviewer, John Justin Smith ; featuring Paul Crump, Mrs. Lonie Crump ; Brooks Johnson as Paul Crump, age 22.

Summary:

Paul Crump, who robbed the Chicago stockyards on March 20, 1953, with four other black men, shot one guard to death. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair. William Friedkin met Crump in the Cook County Jail. Friedkin was impressed by the "model prisoner", Crump. Friedkin produced this documentary as an impassionate plea for Crump's return to society.

Series:

Reel Chicago.

UPC:

736899137724

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)