In Episode 9, Bolton and Grace finish recapping the 1967 true crime classic, In Cold Blood, and discuss the facts of the true crime story that the movie is based on.
The movie was written, directed, and produced by Richard Brooks and is based on the 1966 book of the same name written by Truman Capote. The musical score was composed by the great Quincy Jones. The film stars Robert Blake and Scott Wilson as convicted murderers Perry Smith and Richard "Dick" Hickock. The film focuses on the seemingly random murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is hailed by many to be the birth of the true crime genre. Likewise, the movie is often noted as the first true crime movie ever made. The film goes beyond birthing the true crime film genre and provides an entertaining, yet not overly dramatized or gory, and aesthetically interesting viewer experience.
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