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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.
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
A lawyer defends a convicted man who killed his hangman before being cleared of the earlier crime.
- Lamont Johnson, Gil Kissel
- George Maharis
A Covenant With Death. Rent A Covenant With Death on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Apple TV. A 1920s Mexican-American judge (George Maharis) presides over...
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- Lamont Johnson
- Mystery & Thriller
- George Maharis
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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.
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 oversee an execution and, later, to officiate a murder trial.
