(AFA - 2012)
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a woman who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows, in 1920s musical Chicago.
Adapted from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/plotsummary
The expression “ [...] the fame will keep them from the gallows [...]” means the fame
is an opportunity for a better life in the death row.
will go on.
is what they wanted when they committed the crimes.
could avoid an execution.