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In Cold Blood
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
1967 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 134 min · Crime · Drama · History · 16 frames
Tagline
The crime that shocked a nation.
Crew
- Screenplay: Richard Brooks
- Cinematography: Conrad Hall
- Edited by: Peter Zinner
- Music: Quincy Jones
Cast
- Robert Blake as Perry Smith
- Scott Wilson as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
- John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey
- Paul Stewart as Jensen
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Harold Nye
- Jeff Corey as Mr. Hickock
- John Gallaudet as Roy Church
- James Flavin as Clarence Duntz
- Charles McGraw as Tex Smith
- Will Geer as Prosecutor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Pax Enterprises, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $3,500,000
- Box office: $13,007,551
- Themes: murder, true crime, farmer, gay theme, psychological drama, tragic
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