Death Sentence (1974 film)

Death Sentence
Genre	Crime Mystery Thriller
Based on	After the Trial by Eric Roman
Written by	John Neufeld (teleplay)
Directed by	E.W. Swackhamer
Starring	Cloris Leachman Laurence Luckinbill Nick Nolte Alan Oppenheimer
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg
Cinematography	Tim Southcott
Editor	Leon Carrere
Running time	74 minutes
Production companies	Spelling-Goldberg Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	October 2, 1974 (1974-10-02)

Death Sentence (also titled Murder One)^[1] is a 1974 American made-for-television crime film directed by E.W. Swackhamer and starring Cloris Leachman and Laurence Luckinbill.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is based on the 1968 novel After the Trial by Eric Roman.^[5]^[6]

Plot[]

A juror in a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime, and then discovers that the real killer is actually her own husband.

Cast[]

Cloris Leachman as Susan Davies
Laurence Luckinbill as Don Davies
Nick Nolte as John Healy
Alan Oppenheimer as Lubell
William Schallert as Tanner
Yvonne Wilder as Elaine Croft
Herb Voland as Lowell hayes
Hope Summers as Emily Boylan
Peter Hobbs as Judge
Doreen Lang as Mrs. Cottard
Murray MacLeod as Martin Gorman
Bing Russell as Trooper
Meg Wyllie as Mae Sinclair
Lew Brown as Mr. Bowman
C.J. Hincks as Marilyn Healy
Vernon Weddle as Hayden
Robert Cleaves as Dr. Braun
Jack Collins as Willis Wright
Dick Winslow as Barman
Pat Patterson as Jury Guard
Morgan Englund as Bobby
Dinah Englund as Pru

References[]

^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.page 578
^ Fisher, Kieran (22 March 2020). "Nick Nolte Plays Against Type In 1974's 'Death Sentence'". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Clark, Amy (23 June 2006). "Aaron Spelling Dies At 83". CBS News. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ Thomas, Bob (25 June 2006). "Prime-time life ends with long list of credits". The Age. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ Deal, David (2011). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786455140.page 41
^ McKenna, Michael (2013). The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810891579.page 223

External links[]

Death Sentence at IMDb

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Death Sentence (1974 film)

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