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In Cold Blood

"The crime that shocked a nation."

75
Audience
R 1967 · 2h 14m
Drama, Crime
Starring Robert Blake · Scott Wilson · John Forsythe
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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.

Theatrical
Dec 15, 1967
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 23, 2003
Box Office
$13.0M
Budget
$3.5M
Return
3.7x
Director
Richard Brooks
Writer
Richard Brooks
Music
Quincy Jones
Studio
Pax Enterprises, Columbia Pictures
Keywords
murder true crime farmer gay theme psychological drama tragic
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Cast

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R
Robert Blake
Perry Smith
S
Scott Wilson
Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
J
John Forsythe
Alvin Dewey
P
Paul Stewart
Jensen
G
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Harold Nye
J
Jeff Corey
Mr. Hickock
J
John Gallaudet
Roy Church
J
James Flavin
Clarence Duntz
C
Charles McGraw
Tex Smith
W
Will Geer
Prosecutor
J
John McLiam
Herbert Clutter
R
Ruth Storey
Bonnie Clutter
B
Brenda Currin
Nancy Clutter
V
Vaughn Taylor
Good Samaritan
D
Duke Hobbie
Young Reporter
G
Guy Way
Prison Guard
S
Sheldon Allman
S
Sammy Thurman
R
Raymond Hatton
T
Ted Eccles
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Cycle of Violence and Accountability
Alvin Dewey Coming?
Reporter What for? What does it add up to, anyway?
Alvin Dewey Well, four innocent and two guilty people murdered. Three families broken. Newspapers have sold more papers. Politicians will make more speeches. Police and parole boards will get more blame. More laws will be passed. Everybody will pass the buck. And then, next month, next year... the same thing will happen again.
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Facing Fear and Loss of Control
Perry When you hit the end of the rope... your muscles lose control. I'm afraid I'll mess myself.
Prison Guard It's nothing to be ashamed of. They all do it.
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