In Cold Blood

Name: In Cold Blood
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 1967
Duration: 134 min

United States • English • 1967 • 2h 14m

This film is not currently available on the Criterion Channel

Director

Richard Brooks

Crime Drama History Thriller

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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.

Roger & James Deakins
May 2023
Cate Blanchett and Todd Field
Oct 2022

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Scores by Quincy Jones
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Additions: March 2020

Credits

Crew

DirectorRichard Brooks

WriterRichard Brooks

CinematographerConrad L. Hall

ComposerQuincy Jones

EditorPeter Zinner

Cast

Robert Blakeas Perry Smith

Scott Wilsonas Richard 'Dick' Hickcock

John Forsytheas Alvin Dewey

Paul Stewartas Jensen

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Related Films

via Criterion Collection

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

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The Thin Blue Line

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Vengeance Is Mine

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Articles

via Criterion Collection

The Menacing Sounds of In Cold BloodNov 24, 2015
In Cold Blood: Structuring the RealChris Fujiwara — Nov 18, 2015
True-Crime Classics, the Century’s Best Sci-Fi, Linklater’s CharactersApr 22, 2016