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A Covenant with Death is a 1967 American legal drama film directed by Lamont Johnson (in his feature directorial debut), with a screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus and Saul Levitt, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Stephen Becker. [1] [2] The film stars George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, and Earl Holliman .
A Covenant with Death: Directed by Lamont Johnson. With George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Earl Holliman. A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.
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- Drama
- Lamont Johnson
- 1969-01-23
The storyline of A Covenant With Death (1967), based on a novel by Stephen Becker and set in a sleepy 1923 southwestern town, poses an intriguing question. If an innocent man -- wrongly accused, found guilty, and sentenced to hang for his wife's murder -- escapes from the gallows and causes the death of the hangman in the process, only to then ...
- Lamont Johnson, Gil Kissel
- George Maharis
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A 1920s Mexican-American judge (George Maharis) presides over the trial of a man (Earl Holliman) accused of killing his wife.
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- Lamont Johnson
- Mystery & Thriller
- George Maharis
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Overview. 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. Lamont Johnson. Director. Stephen Becker. Novel. Saul Levitt. Writer. Lawrence B. Marcus. Writer.
Summaries. A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for. A handsome Latino judge in a USA border town in the 1920s navigates two different cultures, not quite fitting into either, while trying to woo two different women in unconventional ways for either culture, to ...
