And here are a few images of the real gas chamber at San Quentin, which hasn't been used for many years....You can see from this how careful they were at creating the movie version of it for I Want to Live!
Aerial view of the real San Quentin today. Some good exteriors of the prison are seen in the movie. I think all of the interiors are sets—although good ones.
Matt H writes in his thoughtful and well-written review:
"....director Robert Wise, who early on filmed scenes with a tilted camera suggesting the drug fueled smoke-filled jazz club where we first are pulled into a shadowy world of schemers and low-lifes, pulls out all the stops for the film’s...