The Killer Inside Me (1976 film)

For other uses, see The Killer Inside Me (disambiguation).

The Killer Inside Me
DVD cover
Directed by	Burt Kennedy
Produced by	Michael W. Leighton
Written by	Jim Thompson (Novel) Edward Mann Robert Chamblee
Starring	Stacy Keach Susan Tyrrell Tisha Sterling
Music by	Tim McIntire John Rubinstein
Cinematography	William A. Fraker
Edited by	Danford B. Greene Aaron Stell
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	October 1976
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Killer Inside Me is a 1976 American crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy and based on Jim Thompson's novel of the same name.^[1] In this adaption, the action was shifted from the west Texas oilfields to a Montana mining town, and several other changes made. It stars Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, and Tisha Sterling.

A remake of The Killer Inside Me was released in 2010, directed by Michael Winterbottom.

Plot

Usually a law officer is a figure of trust in a small community. Unfortunately for the residents of a small Montana town, Lou Ford is an exception. Behind his easygoing, likeable shell is an intensely violent core resulting from an abusive childhood. In a diner one day Lou sees his dead father and hears voices, the first hint that he may have mental problems. When Lou gets involved with a local prostitute's blackmail schemes, the carefully crafted facade he maintains begins to unravel into a vicious killing spree that leads to a thought-provoking and disturbing conclusion.

Cast

Stacy Keach as Lou Ford
Susan Tyrrell as Joyce Lakeland
Tisha Sterling as Amy Stanton
Keenan Wynn as Chester Conway
Don Stroud as Elmer
Charles McGraw as Howard Hendricks
John Dehner as Bob Maples
Pepe Serna as Johnny Lopez
John Carradine as Dr. Jason Smith
Royal Dano as Father
Julie Adams as Mother

Critical reception

The New York Times said: "[The Killer Inside Me] is a mess, a movie that can't decide whether it wants to be a noirish mystery, a horror flick or a psychological thriller. "^[2]

References

↑ "The Killer Inside Me (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
↑ McGrath, Charles (June 3, 2010). "Filmed to a Pulp". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-05-14.

External links

The Killer Inside Me at the Internet Movie Database
The Killer Inside Me at AllMovie

Films directed by Burt Kennedy

Works by Jim Thompson

Novels	Now and on Earth (1942) Heed the Thunder (aka Sins of the Fathers) (1946) Nothing More Than Murder (1949) The Killer Inside Me (1952) Cropper's Cabin (1952) Recoil (1953) The Alcoholics (1953) Savage Night (1953) Bad Boy (1953) The Criminal (1953) The Golden Gizmo (1954) Roughneck (1954) A Swell-Looking Babe (1954) A Hell of a Woman (1954) The Nothing Man (1954) After Dark, My Sweet (1955) The Kill-Off (1957) Wild Town (1957) The Getaway (1958) The Transgressors (1961) The Grifters (1963) Pop. 1280 (1964) Texas By the Tail (1965) South of Heaven (1967) Child of Rage (1972) King Blood (1973) Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson (1988) The Rip-Off (1989)

Films	The Killing (1956) Paths of Glory (1957) The Getaway (1972) The Killer Inside Me (1976) Série noire (1979) Coup de Torchon (1981) After Dark, My Sweet (1990) The Kill-Off (1990) The Grifters (1990) The Getaway (1994) Hit Me (1996) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) The Killer Inside Me (2010)

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