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Death Sentence (1974)

Death Sentence poster
Directed by
E.W. Swackhamer
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman serves on a jury that convicts a man of murder. After the trial, she starts to doubt the verdict and faces threats as she tries to uncover the truth.

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What happens

Death Sentence (also titled Murder One) is a 1974 American made-for-television crime film directed by E.W. Swackhamer and starring Cloris Leachman and Laurence Luckinbill. It is based on the 1968 novel After the Trial by Eric Roman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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