The People vs. Paul Crump
Directed by	William Friedkin
Cinematography	William Butler
Release date	1965
Running time	52 mins
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$6,0000^[1]

The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1965 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.^[2]

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.^[3]

Friedkin says when he made the film he was convinced Crump was innocent but now feels he was guilty.^[4]

References

^ Friedkin p 39
^ David Weiner, "The Forgotten Case of Paul Crump", Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2010 accessed 18 January 2014
^ Friedkin p 31 - 53, 57-60
^ Friedkin p 57

Friedkin, William, The Friedkin Connection, Harper Collins 2013

External links

The People vs. Paul Crump at IMDB

v t e Work by William Friedkin
Feature films	Good Times (1967) The Birthday Party (1968) The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) The Boys in the Band (1970) The French Connection (1971) The Exorcist (1973) Sorcerer (1977) The Brink's Job (1978) Cruising (1980) Deal of the Century (1983) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Rampage (1987) The Guardian (1990) Blue Chips (1994) Jade (1995) Rules of Engagement (2000) The Hunted (2003) Bug (2006) Killer Joe (2011) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
Television	C.A.T. Squad (1986) C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988) Jailbreakers (1994) 12 Angry Men (1997)
Documentaries	The People vs. Paul Crump (1962) The Bold Men (1965) Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon (1965) The Thin Blue Line (1966) Conversation with Fritz Lang (1975) The Painter's Voice (2007) The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)