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.

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

Laurence Hugo

as Marty Lasswell

James Westerfield

as Sam Minor

Richard Webb

as Carter Mastin

Carolyn Jones

as Polly

Charlotte Fletcher

as Betty

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