A Covenant with Death
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“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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Cast
19 people
George Maharis
Ben Lewis
Known for
The Satan Bug
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Earl Holliman
Brian Talbot
Known for
The Thorn Birds
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Laura Devon
Rosemary Berquist
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Gunn
Katy Jurado
Eulalia Lewis
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High Noon
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Gene Hackman
Harmsworth
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The Royal Tenenbaums
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Arthur O'Connell
Judge Hockstadter
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Anatomy of a Murder
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Sidney Blackmer
Col. Oates
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
Little Caesar
John Anderson
Dietrich
Known for
Psycho
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Whit Bissell
Bruce Donnelly
Known for
The Time Tunnel
The Time Machine
Kent Smith
Oliver Parmalee
Known for
Cat People
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Paul Birch
Governor
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Emilio Fernández
Ignacio
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Lamont Johnson Director · Lawrence B. Marcus Writer Saul Levitt Writer
United States release February 15, 1967 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
William Conrad Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 27, 1967
Premiere · Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States · February 15, 1967
Theatrical
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