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A Time for Killing is a american film of genre War directed by Roger Corman released in USA on 1 august 1967 with Glenn Ford
A Time for Killing (1967)
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Add to a movie listA Time for Killing is a 1967 Western Pathécolor Panavision film started by Roger Corman but finished by Phil Karlson, and starring Glenn Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens and Harrison Ford (credited as Harrison J. Ford) in his first film role. The film was Glenn Ford's one hundredth.
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During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.Actors
Glenn Ford
(Tom Wolcott)
George Hamilton
(Dorrit Bentley)
Inger Stevens
(Emily Biddle)
Paul Petersen
(Blue Lake)
Todd Armstrong
(Lt. 'Pru' Prudessing)
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