Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
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.
- Released
- 1996-09-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tim Metcalfe, Tim Metcalfe
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 56 votes
Cast
- James Woods as Carl Panzram
- Robert Sean Leonard as Henry Lesser
- Ellen Greene as Elizabeth Wyatt
- Cara Buono as Esther Lesser
- Robert John Burke as R.G. Greiser
- Richard Riehle as Warden Quince
- Harold Gould as Old Henry Lesser
- John Bedford Lloyd as Dr. Karl Menninger
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Sam Lesser
- James Murtaugh as Walter Bailey
- Conrad McLaren as Judge John W. Kingman
- Steve Forrest as Warden Charles Casey