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Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1959 | Susan
Best Actress Drama | 1959 | Susan
Best Foreign Actress Mejor Actriz Extranjera | 1960 | Susan
Best Actress | 1958 | Susan
1959 | Susan
1959 | Susan
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1959 | Nelson
Best Film Editing | 1959
Best Sound | 1959
Best Director | 1959 | Robert
Best Cinematography BlackandWhite | 1959
Best Foreign Actress | 1960 | Susan
Best Soundtrack Album Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast | 1959 | Johnny
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1959 | Robert
Best Written American Drama | 1959 | Nelson
Top Drama | 1959
Top Female Dramatic Performance | 1959 | Susan
Top Score | 1959 | Johnny
Top Cinematography Black and White | 1959
International Competition | 1959 | Robert
A woman named Betsy Ann Smith from Wakefield, Virginia won a bit part in this film as a prize on The Price Is Right (1956).
Barbara Graham's actual response to the guard advising her to "take a deep breath, it's easier" was supposedly "how _the hell_ would you know". Apparently, it had to be cleaned up for the 1958 audience, which is ironic given the rather graphic nature of the scene.
The close-up of the fake label on sulfuric acid bottle identifies Gidding Chemical as manufacturer. Nelson Gidding was the screenwriter.
Director Robert Wise only came on board with the picture after Don Mankiewicz had finished the original script. Wise insisted the old screenplay be thrown out and a new one written. He later disagreed with the Writers' Guild decision to give Mankiewicz co-credit.
Film debut of Simon Oakland.
"Barbara Graham: I never even knew the dame. Police lieutenant: You know she's been murdered, don't you? Barbara Graham: Yeah. So was Julius Caesar. I didn't know him either."
"Carl G.G. Palmberg: Life's a funny thing. Barbara Graham: Compared to what?"
