The Electric Chair

The Electric Chair

If You Kill...You Pay The Price In...THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

R 1976 · 86 min · ★ 3.4 · Crime, Drama

The murder of an innocent, happy couple leads to a courtroom trial that would sentence the killer to death, but who really did it?

Directed by J.G. Patterson Jr. · Written by J.G. Patterson Jr.

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