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Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about In Cold Blood |
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Based on Truman Capote's 1966 best-seller, the film follows Perry Smith (Blake) and Dick Hickock (Wilson), two parolees who plan to steal $10,000 from a safe in the rural Kansas home of wealthy Herb Clutter. Only there was no safe – just $43 cash. Still, determined to “leave no witnesses,” Smith and Hickock methodically hog-tie Mr. and Mr. Clutter and their two children. Off-screen, Smith slashes Mr. Clutter's throat then shotguns the other three, murders which the film stresses neither could have committed alone.
The fugitives flee to Mexico cashing bad checks all the way, confident that they left no clues but disagreeing on which new get-rich scheme to follow. When they return to Las Vegas, they are caught and confess. John Forsythe plays the detective who uses pre-DNA blood and footprint evidences to link Hickock to the crime scene.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Murders of set profession?
- businessmen
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- farmer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- guns
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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