A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

1955 · 65 min · ★ 7.7 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.

Directed by Charles Saunders · Written by Doreen Montgomery

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