A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing is a 1967 Western film directed originally by Roger Corman but finished by Phil Karlson. Filmed in Panavision and Pathécolor, it stars Glenn Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens, and Harrison Ford (credited as Harrison J. Ford) in his first credited film role. It was also known as The Long Ride Home. Plot During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end. Cast Inger Stevens as Emily Biddle Glenn Ford as Maj. Tom Wolcott Paul Petersen as Blue Lake Timothy Carey as Billy Cat Kenneth Tobey as Sgt. Cleehan Richard X. Slattery as Cpl. Paddy Darling Harrison J. Ford as Lt Shaffer Kay E. Kuter as Owelson Dick Miller as Zollicoffer Emile Meyer as Col. Harries Marshall Reed as Stedner George Hamilton as Capt. Dorrit Bentley Max Baer Jr. as Sgt. Luther Liskell Todd Armstrong as Lt. 'Pru' Prudessing Harry Dean Stanton as Sgt. Dan Way