Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 film based on the prison memoir of death row inmate Caryl Chessman. The film was directed by Fred F. Sears and stars William Campbell as the adult "Whit Whittier" and R. Wright Campbell as "Whit" (Chessman) as a boy. Chessman's birth name was Carol Whittier Chessman. The film, while following the book closely, carries the disclaimer "The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional".