Cell 2455, Death Row (Vintage Paperback). This item is unavailable.Cell 2455, Death Row (Vintage Paperback)

First printing of this edition. Basis for the 1955 film noir, written for the screen by Jack DeWitt, known for other B-noirs such as "Portland Expose" (1957) and "Women's Prison" (1955), as well as a number of Westerns. A fictionalized account of the life of prisoner Caryl Chessman, symbol of the anti-death penalty movement of the 1950s. William Campbell portrays Chessman in the film as a character called Whittier, and the film follows his evolution from crook and sex fiend to his execution on death row, along with a fairly accurate representation of the prison system of the 1950s. Cover photograph by Bottwin-Sommer. Light production wrinkles to the spine, else about Fine in photo illustrated wrappers. Spicer, p. 406.