In Cold Blood (6/8) Movie CLIP - The Prosecutor's Statement (1967) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
The Prosecutor (Will Geer) explores the necessity for capital punishment to the jury.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Richard Brooks wrote and directed this stark black-and-white (with brilliantly evocative cinematography by Conrad Hall) study of two drifters who murder a family, based on Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. The film takes place in Holcomb, Kansas, where four members of the Herbert Clutter family are roused from their sleep and brutally murdered. The killers, Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson), are two ex-cons who plan to rob the Clutters of $10,000 kept in a safe in their home. But Dick and Perry find no safe and no $10,000 and end up leaving the murder scene with only $43. The police, led by Alvin Dewey (John Forsythe) of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, try to track down the killers. Meanwhile, Dick and Perry take off to Mexico, where Perry has fantasies of prospecting for gold. But when his dreams of prospecting come to naught, Dick insists that they return to the United States. Confident that they have left no clues, they cash bad checks, and the police track them down in Las Vegas. During questioning, their alibis are broken when they are separated and tell conflicting stories.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1967)
Cast: John Collins, Will Geer, Odd Williams
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Richard Brooks
Screenwriters: Richard Brooks, Truman Capote

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[hwyfan]

Those were the actual pieces of evidence used at the actual trial. Nine of the twelve men sitting in the jury box for the film were on the actual jury that convicted Hickock and Smith.

[holyspacemonkey]

Thank you! I can’t bear to rewatch this film, but Will Geer is one of my favorite actors.

[jondstewart]

Back when jury members dressed like everyone else in court instead of street clothes.

[FutureLaugh]

1:52 correction, that quote is from genesis 9: verse 6

[vegetasolo]

AFI's 10 Top 10 - #8 Courtroom Drama

[WyattRyeSway]

Is that grandpa Walton from the Waltons? The timing seems really out of whack for me.

[jondstewart]

1:42, did he put his reading glasses on upside down?

[TheRogerThatBand]

Don't go tellin' Grampa Walton about his Bible...

[plasticweapon]

1:08-1:20 the problem with "forgiveness", that uniquely american social industry. like all social industries, it's a scam.

[TheParamountPrincess]

Thou shalt not kill, goes both ways, just sayin

[jondstewart]

1:00 to 1:02, Will Geer's effeminate tendencies surfacing!

[jondstewart]

1:50-2:10, you just hear about the Holy Bible contradicting itself!