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The People vs. Paul Crump

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The People vs. Paul Crump
DVD cover
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
Music byMarty Rubenstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerWilliam Friedkin
CinematographyWilmer Butler
EditorGlenn McGowean
Running time60 minutes
Budget$6,000[2]
Original release
Release1962 (1962)[1]

The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1962 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.[3]

The film was made for Chicago television and was highly praised and crucial to the career of its director William Friedkin, helping him get an agent and jobs making documentaries for David Wolper, and then an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.[4] The film won the Golden Gate Award Winner for Film as Communication at the 1962 San Francisco International Film Festival.[1]

A digitally restored version of the film was released by Facets in May 2014.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b 1962 San Francisco International Film Festival accessed March 11, 2014
  2. ^ Friedkin p 39
  3. ^ David Weiner, "The Forgotten Case of Paul Crump", Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2010 accessed 18 January 2014
  4. ^ Friedkin p 31 - 53, 57-60
  5. ^ "The People vs. Paul Crump". Facets.

Friedkin, William, The Friedkin Connection, Harper Collins 2013

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