Legally Dead
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William Parke
Director
Milton Sills
Will Campbell
Margaret Campbell
Mrs. Campbell
Claire Adams
Minnie O'Reilly
Edwin Sturgis
Jake Dorr
Faye O'neill
Jake's sweetie
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
20,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 30 Jul 1923
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Synopsis
Newspaper reporter Will Campbell gets himself arrested and imprisoned so he can interview inmates and collect material for his theory that most victims of capital punishment are actually innocent and are wrongfully condemned to death. After Will is paroled he gets a job in a bank and thwarts an attempted robbery. A detective is shot, and Will, picking up the gun, pursues the murderer. Police arrest Will; he is tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. Will's innocence is discovered too late. He is executed and declared legally dead, but a doctor using adrenaline restores his life.
Director
William Parke
Director
Cast
Milton Sills
Will Campbell
Margaret Campbell
Mrs. Campbell
Claire Adams
Minnie O'Reilly
Edwin Sturgis
Jake Dorr
Faye O'neill
Jake's sweetie
Charles A. Stevenson
Malcolm Steel
Joseph Girard
District Attorney
Albert Prisco
The Anarchist
Herbert Fortier
The judge
Charles Wellesley
The governor
Robert Homans
Detective Powell
Brandon Hurst
Dr. Gelzer
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
20,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 30 Jul 1923
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
