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Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
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Based on | A Covenant with Death 1964 novel by Stephen Becker |
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Cinematography | Robert Burks |
Edited by | William Ziegler |
Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
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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.
Plot
Within a small Southwestern town on the Mexican border in 1923 America, a promiscuous, married woman is found dead in her bedroom. Her grieving, jealous and widely disliked husband Bryan Talbot is convicted of her murder and sentenced to hang on purely circumstantial evidence. The presiding Judge Hochstadter departs for a fishing trip, leaving it to the inexperienced, Mexican-American judge (and lothario) Ben Morealis Lewis to oversee the execution. Lewis has misgivings about mandatory sentencing and capital punishment in general as well as about Talbot's guilt.
In a stunning turn of events, Talbot unintentionally kills his executioner while trying to avoid being hanged for a murder he fiercely denies having committed. While awaiting the arrival of a replacement hangman, another man confesses to killing Talbot's Wife. Judge Lewis must negotiate various relationships (with his mother and two very different women for whom he harbors strong and conflicting feelings); provincial attitudes about love and marriage, sexuality, modernity, maturity, cultural integrity, group loyalty; and his faith in the triumph of justice.
Cast
- George Maharis as Benjamin "Ben" Lewis
- Laura Devon as Rosemary
- Katy Jurado as Eulalia Lewis
- Earl Holliman as Bryan Talbot
- Sidney Blackmer as Sebastian Oates
- Gene Hackman as Alfred Harmsworth
- John Anderson as Dietrich
- Wende Wagner as Rafaela Montemayor
- Emilio Fernández as Ignacio Montemayor
- Kent Smith as Oliver Parmelee
- Lonny Chapman as Edgar Musgrave
- Arthur O'Connell as Judge Hockstadter
- Jose De Vega as John Digby
- Larry D. Mann as George Chillingworth
- Whit Bissell as Bruce Donnelly
- Russell Thorson as Doctor Shilling
- Erwin Neal as Willie Wayte
- Jadeen Vaughn as Louise Talbot
- Paul Birch as Governor
- Robert Dunlap as Tolliver
- Kelton Garwood as Mr. Moody
Location
The film primarily was shot at Warner Brothers studios, with most outdoor scenes filmed on the company’s back lot.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "A Covenant With Death by Stephen Becker". Goodreads. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Becker, Stephen (January 12, 2016). A Covenant with Death: A Novel. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1504026895. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Google Books.
External links
- A Covenant with Death at IMDb
- A Covenant with Death at AllMovie
- A Covenant with Death at the TCM Movie Database
- A Covenant with Death at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Lamont Johnson
Lawrence B. Marcus
Saul Levitt
George Maharis
Laura Devon
Katy Jurado
Earl Holliman
Robert Burks
William Ziegler (film editor)
Leonard Rosenman
William Conrad
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Lamont Johnson
Saul Levitt
George Maharis
Laura Devon
Katy Jurado
Earl Holliman
George Maharis
Laura Devon
Katy Jurado
Earl Holliman
Sidney Blackmer
Gene Hackman
John Anderson (actor)
Wende Wagner
Emilio Fernández
Kent Smith
Lonny Chapman
Arthur O'Connell
Larry D. Mann
Whit Bissell
Russell Thorson
Paul Birch (actor)
Kelton Garwood
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