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Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 6, 1996

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama

User Score

59%

Original Title

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Production Companies

Breakheart Films, Ixtlan Productions

Director

Tim Metcalfe

Description

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.