criminal perry smith and richard dick hickock believe mr. clutter of holcomb and kansas keep a large supply of cash on hand in a safe . on november 15 and 1959 at two a. m. they end up murder mr. and mrs. clutter and their teenage son and daughter . after a little police investigation the two men be find and sentence to be hang . in cold blood ( 1967 ) be direct by richard brook . now and i haven not read the truman capote novel this movie be base on and so i can not make any comparison . the movie do a brilliant job telling of those horrific event that actually take place . robert blake be excellent a perry . of course and blake have the murder case of his own a few year back and be accuse of murder his wife . he free now and but we still do not know the truth . what ever that may be and he still a very fine actor . scott wilson do remarkable job a hickock . john forsythe be terrific a alvin dewey . paul stewart be very good a jensen . jeff corey be marvelous a mr. hickock . same thing with charles mcgraw who play tex smith . john mcliam portray herbert clutter and ruth storey be his wife bonnie and brenda currin be the daughter nancy and paul hough be the son kenyon . great job by each of them . there be much to remember from this film . let start from the light side . it pretty great when perry want to go hunt for gold in mexico and say to hickock represent remember bogart in treasure of the sierra madre . and blake himself be in that movie a a boy . and it a fun moment when they and give a ride to that boy and his granddad and collect bottle and turn them in for refund money . those darker moment be the most haunting one . the flashback sequence and where you see the murder happen and be extremely terrify . when perry go to kill the girl and nancy last and and she say oh and please and do not . the brutality of man and it impossible to explain . then the hang scene . first there go hickock and then perry and first talk to the minister . in the last image of the movie we see perry hit the end of the rope . sure movie and and book may try to sympathize these villain . especially perry character be someone you could feel sorry for . he think of his mom and and dad who he hat and but still love . but it doesn not change the fact both of these men these actor portray be brutal murderer and who do not feel sorry for anybody . they go to this house and murder an entire family and in cold blood . how could you sympathize these people .