Debra Paget
Dottie Manson
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Why Must I Die?: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. With Terry Moore, Debra Paget, Bert Freed, Juli Reding. Dottie Manson commits a murder for which club singer Lois King is arrested, tried, and condemned to die. The story line wanders through the trial and Miss King's final hours on Death Row.
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- Crime, Drama
- Roy Del Ruth
- 1960-06
Why Must I Die? is a 1960 American crime drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Terry Moore and Debra Paget. It was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with The Jailbreakers. This was Del Ruth's final film.
Debra Paget commits a murder for which Terry Moore (as club singer Lois King) is arrested, tried, and condemned to die. The story line wanders through the trial and Miss King's final hours on Death Row.
- Roy Del Ruth, Arthur Broidy, Richard Dixon
- Terry Moore
- Spiritual Reasons
- Scientific Reasons
- Old Age and Natural Causes
- Dying Young
- Succumbing to Disease
- Accident Or Tragedy
- Everything That Lives Must Die
There are many times where people try to find the reasons why tragedies happen. You might start looking at people, things, and events to blame for your misfortunes. It’s human nature to try and rationalize things. We want to search out the cause for why things are the way they are. In general, humans aren't satisfied with things just being. In turn...
In science, the rationale for why the human body dies is simply stated as the body reaching its end of life. You die when the body starts to break down, and its parts no longer function. There's no spiritual component attached to a scientific death. Modern medicine plays a role in adding years to the human body's life span, but it can't keep it ali...
When we hear that someone's died of natural causes, we tend to think of one of two things: old age or disease. These two things don't always go hand in hand. A young person can die of natural causes before reaching the end of their life span. And, on the other hand, an old person can die of things other than age-related complications. When you unde...
One of life's greatest tragedies is when someone dies young. When this happens, the entire universal order seems to shift. You're taught from a young age that human life starts at birth, the body develops and matures, it gets old, and then it dies. When a young person dies, this universal order is disrupted. It confuses you and causes you to start ...
Disease can sometimes invade the human body with no advanced warning. Its diagnosis might come too late, making successful treatment impossible. This is one of the things that no matter how much you plan for, the universe may have something different in mind for you. So how can you prepare for the unknown? If you spend your life living in trepidati...
In the event of a serious accident or tragedy that causes death, there's nothing that you can do to change the outcome. You can plan and avoid dangerous activities or situations, but you can't plan for every possibility. When accidents or tragedies happen, they usually happen very fast and can be unavoidable. The best that you can do in these situa...
Coming to terms with death includes the medical, scientific, and spiritual understanding that everything that is born must eventually die. It’s the circle of life that we were born into. Trying to make sense of it beyond what we already know and are discovering can be mentally exhausting and spiritually draining. Sources 1. Alvarez, Maria, "Reasons...
Why Must I Die? (1960) 8.3K views 6 years ago. Note: Opening credits are silent, rest of film is OK. Plot: Debra Paget commits a murder for which Terry Moore (as club singer Lois King) is...
- 71 min
- 9.3K
- James Banner
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.
- Drama
Padget commits murder. Moore is arrested instead, then tried and sentenced to die. This engaging crime thriller takes you right through Terry's trial and up to her last minutes on death row.
