In Cold Blood (film)

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In Cold Blood
original movie poster
Directed by	Richard Brooks
Produced by	Richard Brooks
Written by	Truman Capote novel Richard Brooks (screenplay)
Starring	Robert Blake Scott Wilson John Forsythe Paul Stewart
Music by	Quincy Jones
Cinematography	Conrad Hall
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	December 14, 1967 (U.S. release)
Running time	134 min.
Language	English
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The 1967 film In Cold Blood was based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. Some scenes were filmed on the locations of the original events, in Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas including the Clutter residence, the site of the murders. The film stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith, Scott Wilson as Dick Hickock, and John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey. Although the film is in parts faithful to the book, Brooks created a fictional character, "The Reporter" ( played by Paul Stewart ). This was also the first commercially released film in the US to use the word 'shit'. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: directing, original score, cinematography and adapted screenplay.

[edit] TV movie remake

A 1996 miniseries was also made based on the book. In that adaptation, Anthony Edwards portrayed Hickock, Eric Roberts played Perry Smith, and Sam Neill played Kansas Bureau of Investigation detective Alvin Dewey.