Thou Shalt Not Kill

Apr 12, 1982

1h 40m

★ 6.5

Overview

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Warner Bros. Television

NBC

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Cast

Maxine Lochman

Lee Grant

Ray Masters

Gary Graham

Susan Masters

Diana Scarwid

Steve Nevins

Robert Culp

Jeff Tompkins

James Keach

Mr. Lochman

Scott Marlowe

Judge Callahan

Donald Hotton

Cathy

Susan Duvall

Bobby Collins

Robert Englund

Roebuck

Michael C. Gwynne

Clarence Blake

Lane Smith

Hugh Grover

Albert Salmi

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