
15 Feb 1967

A Covenant with Death
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.
The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Frederick Katzmann
Rosa Sacco
Judge Webster Thayer
Fred Moore
William Thompson
Eddie
Alvan T. Fuller
Celestino Madeiros
Defense Committee member
Lieutenant
Minister Palmer
Mary Splaine
Joe Morelli
Brini
Pelser
Consul Giuseppe Andrower
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