A Covenant with Death (1967)

02/15/1967 (US) • 1h 37m

Drama

The bristling best seller comes to angry life.

Overview

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.

Top Billed Cast

Earl Holliman

Brian Talbot

Laura Devon

Rosemary Berquist

Katy Jurado

Eulalia Lewis

Gene Hackman

Harmsworth

Arthur O'Connell

Judge Hockstadter

Sidney Blackmer

Col. Oates

Whit Bissell

Bruce Donnelly


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

judge

death sentence

capital punishment

justice

bordertown

mexican american

miscarriage of justice

murder trial

1920s

unfaithful wife

mob justice

unjust conviction

mockery of justice

rural south

husband murders wife

circumstantial evidence

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