A Covenant with Death (1967)

A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.

Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Sidney Blackmer, Gene Hackman, John Anderson, Wende Wagner, Emilio Fernández, Kent Smith, Lonny Chapman, Jose De Vega, Larry D. Mann, Whit Bissell, Russell Thorson, Paul Birch, Erwin Neal, Robert Dunlap, Jadeen Vaughn, Kelton Garwood, Larry J. Blake, Jan Burrell, Coby Denton, Martin Eric, Mary Gregory, Bob Homel, Mike Lally, Dany Marrou, Walter Mathews

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SYNOPSIS

A GENUINELY original idea for a drama weighing justice, prejudice and the human conscience is studiously frittered away in "A Covenant With Death," heading a new circuit double bill yesterday. The first half of the other picture, derived from Stephen Becker's novel and starring a former television favorite, George Maharis, almost shapes up provocatively, in describing how a young judge in a New Mexico community renders justice in a particularly circuitous murder case. Trouble is the film itself slips into a devious, figure-eight treatment, siphoning out the action and even the characterizations.
~ Original New York Times review, Feb. 16, 1967

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