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A Covenant with Death
A Covenant with Death

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A Covenant with Death

NR·1967·97m

Summary

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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Director

Lamont Johnson

Novel

Stephen Becker

Writer

Lawrence B. Marcus

Writer

Saul Levitt

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

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Keywords

judge
death sentence
capital punishment
justice
bordertown
mexican american
miscarriage of justice
murder trial
1920s
unfaithful wife
mob justice
unjust conviction
mockery of justice
rural south
husband murders wife
circumstantial evidence