"HE TURNED KILLER...for one day!"

1958

1h 21m

6.8(15 votes)

Western

Overview

Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.

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16 members

Acting

Fred MacMurray

Judge Jim Scott

Acting

Joan Weldon

Myra Owens

Acting

John Ericson

Sheriff Barney Wiley

Acting

Robert Middleton

Charlie Hayes

Acting

Marie Windsor

Cora Johnson

Acting

Edgar Buchanan

Sam Wyckoff

Acting

Eduard Franz

Andrew Owens

Acting

Skip Homeier

Howard Hayes

Acting

Peggy Converse

Mrs. Quary

Acting

Robert Foulk

Silas Mordigan

Acting

Ann Doran

Martha Mordigan

Acting

Lee Van Cleef

Jake Hayes

Acting

Eddy Waller

Mr. Slocum

Acting

Christopher Dark

Rudy Hayes

Acting

Don Haggerty

Deputy Floyd

Acting

Chris Alcaide

Monte Hayes

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