A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing

88 mins | Western | Aug. 1, 1967

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.

A Time for Killing

88 mins | Western | Aug. 1, 1967

A Time for Killing
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.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title A Time for Killing
Directors Phil Karlson
Writers Shirley Wolford, Nelson Wolford, Halsted Welles

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Tom Wolcott

George Hamilton

as Dorrit Bentley

Inger Stevens

as Emily Biddle

Paul Petersen

as Blue Lake

Todd Armstrong

as Lt. 'Pru' Prudessing

Max Baer Jr.

as Sgt. Luther Liskell

Kenneth Tobey

as Sgt. Cleehan

Timothy Carey

as Billy Cat

Harry Dean Stanton

as Sgt. Dan Way

Richard X. Slattery

as Cpl. Paddy Darling

Kay E. Kuter

as Owelson

Dick Miller

as Zollicoffer

Emile Meyer

as Col. Harries /

Marshall Reed

as Stedner

Duke Hobbie

as Lt. Frist

Harrison Ford

as Lt Shaffer