Time Limit

1957 · 1h 37m · 7.2

Drama, Mystery, War

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing Edwards to move the case to court martial, Edwards becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence.

Karl Malden

Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Carl Benton Reid, Martin Balsam, Rip Torn, Khigh Dhiegh, Yale Wexler, Alan Dexter

cowardice, black and white, court martial, korean war veteran, war trauma, military law, prisoner of war camp, american army, psychological torture, military investigation, suspicion of treason, u.s. army, pow camp, korean war, communist witch hunt