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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic89/100
452 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard BrooksDirector
- Quincy JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Richard BrooksScreenplay
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
- John McLiamHerbert Clutter
- Ruth StoreyBonnie Clutter
Stills
Themes
murdertrue crimefarmergay themepsychological dramatragic