Three Hours to Kill

Three Hours to Kill

77 mins | Mystery, Western | Nov. 4, 1954

After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.

Three Hours to Kill

77 mins | Mystery, Western | Nov. 4, 1954

Three Hours to Kill
After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Three Hours to Kill
Directors Alfred L. Werker
Writers Alex Gottlieb, Richard Alan Simmons, Roy Huggins

Cast

Dana Andrews

as Jim Guthrie

Donna Reed

as Laurie Mastin

Dianne Foster

as Chris Palmer

Stephen Elliott

as Sheriff Ben East

Richard Coogan

as Niles Hendricks

Carolyn Jones

as Polly

Whit Bissell

as Deke

Laurence Hugo

as Marty Lasswell

James Westerfield

as Sam Minor

Richard Webb

as Carter Mastin