A Covenant with Death (1967)
The bristling best seller comes to angry life.
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.
- Date of release
- 1967-02-15
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Lamont Johnson
Casting
- 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
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