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The Killing Time

"To commit the perfect murder, you need planning, guts, and luck. Practically nobody has luck."

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R 1987 · 1h 34m
Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Starring Beau Bridges · Kiefer Sutherland · Wayne Rogers
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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.

Theatrical
Oct 23, 1987
Box Office
$500K
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 18, 2006
Director
Rick King
Producers
J.P. Guerin, Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams
Music
Paul Chihara
Studio
New World Pictures, Tapestry Films
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Beau Bridges
Sam Wayburn
K
Kiefer Sutherland
The Stranger
W
Wayne Rogers
Jake Winslow
C
Camelia Kath
Laura Winslow
J
Joe Don Baker
Carl Cunningham
J
Janet Carroll
Lila Daggett
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Gracie Harrison
Mary Ellen Knoeller
H
Harvey Vernon
Dick
Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen
Stu
S
Shiri Appleby
Annie Winslow
J
Jeb Ellis-Brown
Brian Mars
H
Harriet Medin
Nell
R
Richard Bolik
Coroner
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Paul McKenna
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