A Covenant with Death

1h 37m
Drama
4.7

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.

Cast

George Maharis
Ben Lewis
Earl Holliman
Brian Talbot
Laura Devon
Rosemary Berquist
Katy Jurado
Eulalia Lewis
Gene Hackman
Harmsworth
Arthur O'Connell
Judge Hockstadter
Sidney Blackmer
Col. Oates
John Anderson
Dietrich
Whit Bissell
Bruce Donnelly
Kent Smith
Oliver Parmalee
Paul Birch
Governor
Emilio Fernández
Ignacio
Wende Wagner
Rafaela
Al Bain
Trial Spectator
Jan Burrell
Mrs. Donnelley
Mary Gregory
Mrs. Moody
Larry D. Mann
Chillingworth
Lonny Chapman
Musgrave
Walter Mathews
Appraiser

Crew

Lamont Johnson
Director
Lawrence B. Marcus
Writer
Saul Levitt
Writer
Stephen Becker
Novel

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