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I Want to Live! (1958) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give I Want to Live! (1958) a score of 3.0494 out of 4

based on (17) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(11)

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(1)

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TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

Unswerving, uneasy, unbeatable crime melodrama with a shattering Susan Hayward gathering all her glory into a performance without one false note. For devotees of Miss Hayward, this is the one to study; it feels and looks like life. The nasty plot has...read the complete I Want to Live! (1958) review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

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Channel 4 Film (--)

Hayward gives the kind of performance the Academy loves (and indeed it rewarded her with an Oscar for her troubles) as a feisty prostitute who is framed for the murder of an elderly lady and eventually sent to the gas chamber. Based on a true story, the...read the complete I Want to Live! (1958) review at Channel 4 Film (--)

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Film Court (Lawrence Russell)

Got a problem with executing women? Or capital punishment in general? The first thing you see is an insert of a signed affidavit by Ed Montgomery telling us that this is a true story based on his articles for The San Francisco Examiner and the...read the complete I Want to Live! (1958) review at Film Court (Lawrence Russell)