I Want to Live!
1958 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 7,673 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise
Overview
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,221 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:07 (lively jazz music)
00:08:29 My mother on a yacht
00:13:06 If you insist. How's 20?
00:18:16 You're worse than me. You're nothing but a no-good fancy...
00:22:26 I'll send the three of you postcards.
00:27:59 hands above your head.
00:32:49 You turn state's evidence, tell us about the Monahan job
00:36:29 But they sure help.
00:39:48 Stop that. You're a different person now.
00:43:57 Look, you're in for manslaughter yourself.
00:47:16 You got something you wanna say?
00:50:42 If you did not intend to participate in violence
00:54:01 You may, Mr. Tibrow.
00:57:17 and stamped on it "Mail Censored, Los Angeles County Jail".
01:01:00 - (child screams) - Don't cry, honey.
01:04:55 Sorry, Barbara. It has to be this way.
01:08:50 Bobby.
01:12:07 Another thing, Carl. Thank Montgomery for his latest article.
01:16:22 I never should have had him, Peg.
01:20:45 - Wanna see her with me? - Five minutes with Perkins is what I want.
01:25:15 Very sharp.
01:30:12 It's all been arranged as you wanted. Bobby stays on with his grandmother.
01:34:23 It was a very big bank. You'd know the name if I told you.
01:43:10 You know how kids are.
Cast & Characters
Susan Hayward
Barbara Graham
Simon Oakland
Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
Virginia Vincent
Peg
Theodore Bikel
Carl G.G. Palmberg
Wesley Lau
Henry L. Graham
Philip Coolidge
Emmett Perkins
Lou Krugman
John R. 'Jack' Santo
James Philbrook
Bruce King
Bartlett Robinson
District Attorney Milton
Gage Clarke
Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,221
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:02:07
Final line01:43:10
Production Record
DirectorRobert Wise
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,673