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In Cold Blood

TV·1996–1996·1 season, 2 episodes·CBS·Drama·1h 29m

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At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation. This film is based on Truman Capote's hauntingly detailed, psychologically penetrating nonfiction novel. While in prison, Dick Hickock, 20, hears a cell-mate's story about $10,000 in cash kept in a home safe by a prosperous rancher. When he's paroled, Dick persuades ex-con Perry Smith, also 20, to join him in going after the stash. On a November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the Holcomb, Kansas, house of Herb Clutter. Enraged at finding no safe, they wake the sleeping family and brutally kill them all. The bodies are found by two friends who come by before Sunday church. The murders shock the small Great Plains town, where doors are routinely left unlocked. Detective Alvin Dewey of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation heads the case, but there are no clues, no apparent motive and no suspects...

Castfull cast & details

Sam NeillSam NeillAgent Alvin DeweyAnthony EdwardsAnthony EdwardsDick HickockEric RobertsEric RobertsPerry SmithDon S. DavisDon S. DavisRoy ChurchMargot FinleyMargot FinleyNancy ClutterKevin TigheKevin TigheHerbert ClutterL.Q. JonesL.Q. JonesTroy EvansTroy Evans

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes1996Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01In Cold Blood S01E01Part 1November 24, 1996—Based on Truman Capote's true-crime classic and nominated for two Primetime Emmys, "In Cold Blood" follows a pair of ex-cons (Anthony Edward
  2. S01E02In Cold Blood S01E02Part 2December 1, 1996—Part II of miniseries. Based on Truman Capote's true-crime classic and nominated for two Primetime Emmys, "In Cold Blood" follows a pair of

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