The Killing Time

The Killing Time

94 mins | Action, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Oct. 23, 1987

After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress are plotting to murder her evil husband—and blame it on the new deputy.

The Killing Time

94 mins | Action, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Oct. 23, 1987

The Killing Time
After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress are plotting to murder her evil husband—and blame it on the new deputy.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Tapestry Films, New World Pictures
Original title The Killing Time
Directors Cynthia Engler, Curtis Collins, Matthew Carlisle, Rick King
Writers James Nathan, Bruce Franklin Singer, Don Bohlinger

Cast

Beau Bridges

as Sam Wayburn

Kiefer Sutherland

as The Stranger

Wayne Rogers

as Jake Winslow

Camelia Kath

as Laura Winslow

Joe Don Baker

as Carl Cunningham

Janet Carroll

as Lila Daggett

Gracie Harrison

as Mary Ellen Knoeller

Harvey Vernon

as Dick

Shiri Appleby

as Annie Winslow

Jeb Ellis-Brown

as Brian Mars

Harriet Medin

as Nell

Richard Bolik

as Coroner

Mark Barkawitz

as Stranger’s Father

Mathew Brady

as Young Stranger

Paul McKenna

as Man At Party