In Cold Blood 1967

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In Cold Blood ★★★½ 1967

Truman Capote's supposedly factual novel provided the basis for this hard-hitting docu-drama about two ex-cons who ruthlessly murder a Kansas family in 1959 in order to steal their non-existent stash of money. Blake is riveting as one of the killers. 133m/B VHS, DVD . Robert (Bobby) Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Jeff Corey, Will Geer, James Flavin, John Gallaudet, John Collins, Charles McGraw, John McLiam; D: Richard Brooks; W: Richard Brooks; C: Conrad L. Hall; M: Quincy Jones. Natl. Bd. of Review ‘67: Director (Brooks).

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