Brilliant writing and excellent acting set this film far above the average crime drama. The film shows the viewer exactly what it was like on a deadly night in Kansas in a remote farmhouse. The Clutter family was murdered by two men who believed Mr. Clutter had a safe containing thousands of dollars in cash in his home. There was no safe. In a rage, two losers killed a helpless family of four. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson play the two killers. But it's wrong to say they merely played them; they seem to become them. The book upon which it was based was written by Truman Capote, who interviewed both murderers before their executions. He extracted exact sequences of events from them and put them together. To add to the realism, the film was shot inside the actual house where the crimes occurred. I believe that this film is one of the true classic movies. It's shot in B&W also.
Review of In Cold Blood
