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In Cold Blood (film)

In Cold Blood
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original U.S. poster
Directed by Richard Brooks
Produced by Richard Brooks
Screenplay by Richard Brooks
Based on In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
Starring Robert Blake
Scott Wilson
John Forsythe
Paul Stewart
Music by Quincy Jones
Cinematography Conrad Hall
Edited by Peter Zinner
Production
company
Pax Enterprises, Inc.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 14, 1967 (1967-12-14)
Running time
135 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3.5 million
Box office $13,000,000

In Cold Blood is a 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. It stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith, Scott Wilson as Richard "Dick" Hickock, and John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey. The film follows the trail of Smith and Hickock; they break into the home of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, kill all four members of the family who are present, go on the run, and are found and caught by the police, tried for the murders, and eventually executed. Although the film is in parts faithful to the book, Brooks created a fictional character, "The Reporter" (played by Paul Stewart). The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Director, Original Score, Cinematography, and Adapted Screenplay.

Some scenes were filmed at the locations of the original events, including Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas; Kansas State Penitentiary, where Smith and Hickock were executed; and the Clutter residence, where the murders took place.

In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


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