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In Cold Blood (1967)

APPROVED  134 min  -  Crime | Drama | History   -  7 March 1968 (Argentina)
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Reviews: 98 user | 44 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com

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.

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Truman Capote (based on the book by), Richard Brooks (written for the screen by)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Blake ...
Scott Wilson ...
John Forsythe ...
Paul Stewart Paul Stewart ...
Gerald S. O'Loughlin Gerald S. O'Loughlin ...
Jeff Corey Jeff Corey ...
John Gallaudet John Gallaudet ...
James Flavin James Flavin ...
Charles McGraw Charles McGraw ...
Will Geer Will Geer ...
Prosecutor
John McLiam John McLiam ...
Ruth Storey Ruth Storey ...
Brenda Currin Brenda Currin ...
Nancy Clutter (as Brenda C. Currin)
Paul Hough Paul Hough ...
Vaughn Taylor Vaughn Taylor ...
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Storyline

Two young men are ineffectual individually, but when together become violent criminals. They break into a wealthy farmer's home only to find that there is nearly no money at the home and murder the entire family to avoid identification. The first part of the film details the search for them, the second, their trial and execution. Taken from the actual events chronicled by Truman Capote in his book. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Execution | Police | Murder | Farmer | Kansas  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Argentina) See more »

Also Known As:

Truman Capote's In Cold Blood See more »

Filming Locations:

Colorado, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Mono (release prints) | 3 Channel Stereo (original mix)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In two scenes Robert Blake's character makes a reference to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Blake played the paperboy who sold the winning lottery ticket to Humphrey Bogart in that classic movie. However, despite the fact that many people believe it was written into the script because of Blake it wasn't. According to Truman Capote it was Perry Smith's favorite movie. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the movie, after Dick has picked Perry up from the Kansas City bus depot and both are crossing the river into Kansas, the process is running in reverse, giving the impression the car is suddenly moving in reverse despite the two immediate shots bookending this one clearly shows the car moving forward. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Little girl on bus: 'Scuse me.
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Crazy Credits

Filmed with the cooperation of the people and law enforcement agencies of Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Mexico. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Screentest Girls (1969) See more »

Soundtracks

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed a cappella by Robert Blake and Ted Eccles See more »