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Two ex-cons murder a family in Kansas and go on the run in this adaptation of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel. The film features Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe and Paul Stewart, and was nominated for four Oscars.
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- Richard Brooks
- R
- Biography, Crime, Drama
In Cold Blood is a 1967 American neo-noir crime film written, produced and directed by Richard Brooks, based on Truman Capote's 1966 nonfiction novel of the same name. It stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith and Scott Wilson as Richard "Dick" Hickock, two men who murder a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas.
- $3.5 million
- December 15, 1967
- Richard Brooks
- Quincy Jones
Robert Blake and Scott Wilson star as the killers of the Clutter family in this adaptation of Truman Capote's true-crime masterpiece. The film explores the motives, methods and consequences of their brutal crime with a poetic and suspenseful style.
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- Richard Brooks
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- Robert Blake
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In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
- Trauman Capote
- 343 (paperback edition)
- 1966
- January 17, 1966 (see Publication section for more information)
A powerful and accurate recreation of the Clutter murders, based on the book by Truman Capote and the actual events of the killers, Smith and Hickock. Ebert praises the film's evocative power, but criticizes its artiness and liberal reporter. Read his review of this classic drama about two outsiders who commit a senseless crime and face the consequences.
Jun 9, 2002 · A stark and powerful film based on Truman Capote's true crime novel, depicting the senseless 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas and the capture of the killers by the police. The film explores the characters of the killers, the victims, and the investigator, using real locations, actors, and techniques of the New Journalism.
A film based on Truman Capote's non-fiction novel about the true story of two ex-cons who murdered a Kansas family in 1959. The film follows the crime, the investigation, and the trial of the killers, as well as their background and motives.
