Killer: A Journal of Murder

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Tim Metcalfe

Writers

James Long, Thomas E. Gaddis, Tim Metcalfe

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

6 September 1996

Ensemble

Cast

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  James Woods

  Carl Panzram

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  Robert Sean Leonard

  Henry Lesser

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  Cara Buono

  Esther Lesser

• 

  Ellen Greene

  Elizabeth Wyatt

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  Robert John Burke

  R.G. Greiser

• Seth Romatelli

  Teenaged Carl Panzram

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  Richard Riehle

  Warden Quince

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  Harold Gould

  Old Henry Lesser

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  John Bedford Lloyd

  Dr. Karl Menninger

• 

  Jeffrey DeMunn

  Sam Lesser

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  Steve Forrest

  Warden Charles Casey

• Conrad McLaren

  Judge John W. Kingman