In Cold Blood
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Short description
Based on Truman Capote's nonfiction account of a 1959 Kansas murder case, In Cold Blood follows two ex-convicts, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who act on a tip about a safe full of cash at a rural farmhouse. The robbery yields almost nothing, and the pair kill the four members of the Clutter family before fleeing. An investigation follows, and the film traces the men from the crime through their capture and the legal proceedings that follow.
Richard Brooks directed and wrote the screenplay, placing the film between The Professionals and Bite the Bullet in a run of ten features he directed. Robert Blake plays Perry Smith and Scott Wilson plays Richard Hickock, with John Forsythe as investigator Alvin Dewey and supporting turns from Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin and Jeff Corey. Shot in black and white and partly on location in the areas where the events occurred, the film draws on Capote's book rather than treating the case as a conventional thriller.
Made for about four million dollars, the film took roughly thirteen million worldwide. On IMDb the audience rating stands at 7.5 from 450 votes, while the critics' rating is 8.2 from 43 reviews, a gap that suggests reviewers responded more strongly than general viewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- The two Clutter daughters who survived that terrible day did not participate in the making of the film. The tragedy was a real trauma for them, and they considered writing a book about it and filming a movie based on the book a cruel invasion of their privacy.
- Richard Brooks did not give the actors a completed script, instead handing them photographs of the crime scenes taken by the police photographer.
- The characters of Jenson and the narrator play upon the image of Truman Capote, the author of the screenplay and the novel 'In Cold Blood' (1966). Shortly after the murders, Capote traveled to Kansas to write an article about the impact of the killings on the population of a small provincial town, incorporating numerous interviews with those who knew the Clutter family. Following the arrest and trial of the killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, Capote communicated with them extensively while they awaited execution; he became particularly close to Smith. It was to Capote that Smith bequeathed the majority of his possessions—his books and drawings. Capote was present at Hickock's sentencing and execution, but found himself unable to watch Smith's execution and left the room.
- The film was shot in black and white because director Richard Brooks decided that color would seem too frivolous for a film on such a dark subject.
- Richard Brooks was personally acquainted with Truman Capote and read drafts of the book before they were published to determine if it could be adapted for the screen. He liked the material very much, and Brooks paid Truman $400,000 for the film rights.
- The Kansas State Penitentiary administration did not allow filming inside the premises, so the studio had to build sets. Among the props purchased directly from the prison were leather hangman’s belts, police officer uniforms, and toilets from the cells of Smith and Hickock.
- In the name of authenticity, director Richard Brooks (1912-1992) filmed everything on location where the real events took place, including the Clutter house (where the murders were committed) and the courthouse (even including the six jurors who directly heard the case of Smith and Hickock). Nancy Clutter’s (1943-1950) horse, nicknamed Babe, appeared in several scenes.
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