Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Robert BlakePerry Smith
- Scott WilsonRichard 'Dick' Hickcock
- John ForsytheAlvin Dewey
- Paul StewartJensen
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinHarold Nye
- Jeff CoreyMr. Hickock
- John GallaudetRoy Church
- James FlavinClarence Duntz
- Charles McGrawTex Smith
- Will GeerProsecutor
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Fantastically powerful despite its flaws. (Review of Original Release) - 100
The New York Times
Excellent quasidocumentary, which sends shivers down the spine. (Review of Original Release) - 90
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. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Why Capote liked the movie so much (or said he did) isn't entirely clear, for though it's a gripping piece of American Gothic, it's as thematically timid as it is formally flamboyant.
