Movie

Time Limit

“This is the face of war you've never seen before!”

★ 7.2(26)19571h 37m

Time Limit is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Canada. Availability checked 10 June 2026.

Where to watch Time Limit

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Good to know

Director: Karl Malden
Release date: 1957-10-23
Runtime: 1h 37m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Heath Productions

Time Limit — trailer

About Time Limit

Time Limit is a 1957 movie in the Drama, Mystery and War genres, directed by Karl Malden, starring Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart and Dolores Michaels. It has a runtime of 1 hour 37 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.2/10 from 26 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Time Limit in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Richard Widmark

Col. William Edwards

Richard Basehart

Maj. Harry Cargill

Dolores Michaels

Cpl. Jean Evans

June Lockhart

Mrs. Cargill

Carl Benton Reid

Lt. Gen. J. Connors

Martin Balsam

Sgt. Baker

Rip Torn

Lt. George Miller

Khigh Dhiegh

Col. Kim (as Kaie Deei)

Yale Wexler

Capt. Joe Connors

Alan Dexter

Mike

Manning Ross

Lt. Harvey

Joe Di Reda

Gus

Themes & keywords

cowardiceblack and whitecourt martialkorean war veteranwar traumamilitary lawprisoner of war campamerican armypsychological torturemilitary investigationsuspicion of treasonu.s. armypow campkorean warcommunist witch hunt