09 Jun 1982
Hammett
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
A Covenant with Death
The bristling best seller comes to angry life.
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.
Top Billed Cast
George Maharis Ben Lewis
Earl Holliman Brian Talbot
Laura Devon Rosemary Berquist
Katy Jurado Eulalia Lewis
Gene Hackman Harmsworth
Arthur O'Connell Judge Hockstadter
Sidney Blackmer Col. Oates
John Anderson Dietrich
Whit Bissell Bruce Donnelly
Kent Smith Oliver Parmalee
Paul Birch Governor
Wende Wagner Rafaela
Al Bain Trial Spectator
Jan Burrell Mrs. Donnelley
Mary Gregory Mrs. Moody
Larry D. Mann Chillingworth
Lonny Chapman Musgrave
Walter Mathews Appraiser
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