In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood, motion picture based on Truman Capote’s nonfiction book about two young men who murdered an entire family after a burglary went awry. Released in 1967, the film examines the men’s motives and the community’s reaction. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson play the two criminals.

Director

• Richard Brooks

Cast

• Robert Blake (Perry Smith)
• Scott Wilson (Dick Hickock)
• John Forsythe (Alvin Dewey)
• Paul Stewart (Reporter)
• Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Harold Nye)
• Jeff Corey (Hickock's father)
• John Gallaudet (Roy Church)
• James Flavin (Clarence Duntz)
• Charles McGraw (Smith's father)
• Jim Lantz (Officer Rohleder)
• Will Geer (Prosecuting attorney)
• John McLiam (Herbert Clutter)
• Ruth Storey (Bonnie Clutter)
• Brenda Currin (Nancy Clutter)
• Paul Hough (Kenyon Clutter)
• Vaughn Taylor ('Good samaritan')
• Duke Hobbie (Young reporter)
• Sheldon Allman (Reverend Post)
• Sammy Thurman (Mr. Smith)
• Sadie Truitt (Herself)
• Myrtle Clare (Herself)
• Teddy Eccles (Young hitchhiker)
• Raymond Hatton (Elderly hitchhiker)
• Mary-Linda Rapelye (Susan Kidwell)
• Ronda Fultz (Nancy's friend)
• Al Christy (Sheriff)
• Don Sollars (Store salesperson)
• Harriet Levitt (Mrs. Hartman)
• Stan Levitt (Insurance man)