After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

Robert Blake
as Perry Smith

Scott Wilson
as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock

John Forsythe
as Alvin Dewey

Paul Stewart
as Jensen

Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Harold Nye

Jeff Corey
as Mr. Hickock

John Gallaudet
as Roy Church

James Flavin
as Clarence Duntz

Charles McGraw
as Tex Smith

Will Geer
as Prosecutor
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This is one of those stories that really does epitomise the venality and cruelty of man! For the sum of $10,000 allegedly hidden in the safe of the rural "Clutter" family, two parolees come up with a plan to relieve them of their cash. "Dick" (Scott Wilson) is the architect of their plan. He's a nas...