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A Covenant with Death

"The bristling best seller comes to angry life."

1967-02-15
4.667
en 97m
Drama
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.

Director

Lamont Johnson

Novel

Stephen Becker

Writer

Saul Levitt

Writer

Lawrence B. Marcus

judge death sentence capital punishment justice border town mexican american miscarriage of justice murder trial 1920s unfaithful wife mob justice unjust conviction rural south husband murders wife circumstantial evidence

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • William Conrad Productions

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