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Killer: A Journal of Murder(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-09-06
59%
46 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Liar. Thief. Murderer. He hated all of humanity, himself most of all.
Overview:
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Breakheart Films
Ixtlan Productions
Movie: Killer: A Journal of Murder
Top 10 Billed Cast
James Woods
Carl Panzram
Robert Sean Leonard
Henry Lesser
Cara Buono
Esther Lesser
Ellen Greene
Elizabeth Wyatt
Robert John Burke
R.G. Greiser
Lili Taylor
Woman in Speakeasy
Richard Riehle
Warden Quince
Harold Gould
Old Henry Lesser
John Bedford Lloyd
Dr. Karl Menninger
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