Why Must I Die

Jun 1, 1960

1h 26m

★ 5.0

Honey you're nothing but a good-time girl...you're guilty as sin!!

Overview

A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

American International Pictures

Viscount Films - Terry Moore Production

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Cast

Lois King

Terry Moore

Dottie Manson

Debra Paget

Adler

Bert Freed

Mitzi

Juli Reding

Eddie Rainey

Lionel Ames

Sinclair (as Richard Le Pore)

Richard LePore

Morrie Waltzer

Sid Melton

Peggy Taylor

Selette Cole

Miss Bradley

Holly Harris

Charlie Munro

Robert Shayne

Walter Dennison

Damian O'Flynn

"Red" King, Lois' Father

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