Death Sentence

Death Sentence

5.5IMDb Score
Released:1974-10-02
Duration:74 min
Director:E.W. Swackhamer
Actors:Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill, Nick Nolte, Alan Oppenheimer, William Schallert
Production:Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Overview:

A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.

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