Storyline

Jim Guthrie (Dana Andrews) is a fugitive who has been run out of town after being nearly lynched for the murder of a man he did not kill. He returns, bearing the physical and mental scars of his experience, determine to clear his name. The would-be-lynchers , fearing that Guthrie will exact some kind of revenge for their anti-social treatment to him, set out to get him before he gets them. Laurie Mastin (Donna Reed) is the pregnant girl he left behind who marries another man, and Chris Palmer (Diane Foster) is the girl Guthrie takes with him after the real killer has been identified and harshly dealt with.—Les Adams

Plot Keywords

cattle ranch, cowboy, cow, framed for murder, murder, lynch mob, lynching, flashback, remorse, violence, cattle rancher, cattleman, revenge seeker, infidelity, grief, greed, poker game, anger, sheriff, false friend

Short Review

I never dropped a drink in my life.Jim Guthrie is caught at the wrong place at the wrong time with the smoking gun of a crime he did not commit. He escapes the hanging and hides out for three years. He eventually returns to the town to hunt down the man truly responsible for the murder."We're two of a kind...a pair of idiots."Alfred Werker, director of At Gunpoint, He Walked by Night, Shock, The Reluctant Dragon, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and The Last Posse, delivers Three Hours to Kill. The storyline for this picture was just okay but came together well. The acting was solid but not epic and the cast includes Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Carolyn Jones, and Whit Bissell."Is there anything you believe in?""Yeah. Living."This was recommended to me by Verizon Fios so I DVR'd it off Encore Western. This was above average and I enjoyed watching the plot and conclusion unfold. There were a couple good shootouts. This is an entertaining western that is worth a viewing but not a must see."You married him because you needed him."Grade: C+

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