in cold blood be masterfully direct and adapt by richard brook . however and it also so bent on be realistic and it sometimes more clinical than entertain . recount the brutal killing of a midwest family and author truman capote focus on minutia and wrapping himself and the reader up in the subject and subject . brook departs wildly from that approach in favor of something closer to docudrama . although he film on actual location and he keep his distance . the murderer be portray a depraved imbecile and which surely they be . theyre not see a misunderstood soul ( a in the capote book ) and the savagery of their act be horrifyingly blunt . scott wilson and robert blake be excellent a the killer a be the support cast and include john forsythe and paul stewart a the reporter ( the capote character . ) the landmark photography be by the great conrad hall .