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In Cold Blood, 1967

Starring: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Written by: Richard Brooks

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 134 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.0

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Profile of In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood can be described as tense, gloomy, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around criminal heroes, murder, and deadly occurences. The main genres are drama and crime. In approach, In Cold Blood is serious and realistic. It is located in Kansas. It takes place in the 1950s. Visually, In Cold Blood is black and white. The soundtrack is jazz. It is originally a true story and based on a book. In Cold Blood has received attention for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves violent content.

Summary of In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood is Richard Brooks' stylish and powerful 1967 drama adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a shocking real-life murder case. This daring cinematic portrait employs flashbacks to fully examine what drives an individual to commit thoughtless and brutal crimes, while using a highly innovative jazz score by Quincy Jones to capture the moody atmosphere. Capote's own role as researcher-narrator of the young criminals' intense friendship, fantasies, and troubled lives is effectively brought to the screen in this striking, groundbreaking drama.

Two aimless drifters, Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson), target the home of Kansas businessman Herbert Clutter. After breaking into the house, they find no money, and Smith and Hickock brutally kill the entire Clutter family. They escape the scene of the crime and head for Mexico, but they eventually go back to the States, ultimately returning to Kansas. After being chased for almost a year, the troubled drifters are captured and sentenced to death.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	14 December 1967
Runtime:	134 min

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Robert Blake

as Perry Smith

Scott Wilson

as Richard 'Dick' Hickock

John Forsythe

as Alvin Dewey

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In Cold Blood (1967)

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Los Angeles Times

The most memorable section of the film is the chilling quarter-hour devoted to the apprehension and eventual murder of the Clutter family. Captured in unblinking, neo-documentary detail, it freezes the blood just as they did all those decades ago. Full Review

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by: Kenneth Turan

The New York Times

Excellent quasidocumentary, which sends shivers down the spine. (Review of Original Release) Full Review

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by: Bosley Crowther

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CONTAINS SPOILERS: Truman Capote wrote the 'non-fiction novel' from which the film is drawn, using the novelist's craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

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