| “ | An unfounded remark like that does irreparable damage to my client's cause in the eyes of the jury, Mrs. Boylan. | ” |
| - Tanner |
- For the Movie Jo Night presentation, see MJN - Death Sentence.
Death Sentence is a 1974 made-for-TV drama. It is based on a novel by Eric Roman.
Plot[]
Married man Don Davies kills his girlfriend Marilyn Healy when she threatens to reveal their affair. Marilyn's husband John is accused of the murder. By coincidence, Don's wife Susan is selected to serve on the jury of John's murder trial.
During the course of the trial, evidence is revealed that prompts Susan to suspect that John is innocent and that her husband is the killer.
Cast[]
- Cloris Leachman as Susan Davies
- Nick Nolte as John Healy
- Laurence Luckinbill as Don Davies
- Alan Oppenheimer as Lubell
- William Schallert as Tanner
- Hope Summers as Emily Boylan
- Yvonne Wilder as Elaine Croft
- Herb Voland as Lowell Hayes
Notes[]
- Originally broadcast as the ABC Tuesday Night Movie on October 2, 1974.
- Based on the 1968 novel After the Trial by Eric Roman.
- Actor Laurence Luckinbill would later play the rogue Vulcan Sybok in the fifth Star Trek feature film.
MST3K Connections[]
- Alan Oppenheimer also portrayed Dr. Arthur Hale in Riding with Death.
- William Schallert also portrayed Professor Mills in Hangar 18, Marshall Scott Hood in Gunslinger, and the third newscaster in Invasion USA.
- Bing Russell (trooper) also portrayed a state trooper at train and bus wrecks in The Deadly Mantis.