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.
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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
Keywords
1920sJudgeMexican americanJusticeDeath sentenceMob justiceMurder trialCapital punishmentUnfaithful wifeMiscarriage of justiceMockery of justiceBordertownUnjust convictionRural southHusband murders wifeCircumstantial evidence
