The Killer Inside Me is a movie directed by Burt Kennedy in 1976 and based on the book of the same name by Jim Thompson, first published in 1952. The movie features Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Don Stroud, Charles McGraw, and others.
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Storyline
Beneath his likable exterior, Lou Ford, the sheriff of a small Texas town, is a sadistic sociopath with violent sexual tastes. When Lou gets involved with a local prostitute’s blackmail schemes, the carefully crafted facade he maintains begins to unravel into a killing spree.
Movie vs Book
Year
1976
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
5.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1952
Pages
244
Book Rate
7.64
S: Goodreads
Book
The Killer Inside Me
Author: Jim Thompson
Country: USA
First published in: 1952
Length: 244 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Winterbottom
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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