In Cold Blood (1967) Movie poster and book cover compared.

In Cold Blood

Richard Brooks, 1967

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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, 1965

In Cold Blood is a movie directed by Richard Brooks in 1967 and based on the book of the same name by Truman Capote, first published in 1965. The movie features Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Jeff Corey, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, and others.

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RATING

7.9

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Movie Poster: In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967)

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Book Cover: In Cold Blood (Truman Capote, 1965)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of In Cold Blood, the 1965 book by Truman Capote.

In Cold Blood

Read by: Scott Brick

Storyline

Following a failed robbery that culminates in the merciless slaughter of a rural household, two wanderers successfully evade law enforcement, eventually confronting the fragility of their own existence and grappling with the consequences of their abhorrent act.

Movie vs Book

Poster of In Cold Blood, the 1967 movie by Richard Brooks

Year

1967

Minutes

134

Movie Rate

7.90

Source: IMDb

Movie

In Cold Blood

Country: USA

Year: 1967

Length: 2h14m

Cover of In Cold Blood, the 1965 book by Truman Capote

Year

1965

Pages

343

Book Rate

8.14

S: Goodreads

Book

In Cold Blood

Country: USA

First published in: 1965

Length: 343 pages

Genre: Biography

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Other screen adaptations of the book

TV Mini-Series poster
In Cold Blood (1996)
TV Mini-Series by Jonathan Kaplan

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