This movie is a classic. It’s an amazing exploration of the
killer’s psyche and what motivates and shapes a criminal. It’s an amazing and
heart wrenching tale, and really captures the sadness of a life wasted.
It
follows a troubled young man, an ex-marine, who was wounded in the Korean war
and walks with a permanent limp, and is addicted to aspirin. After getting out
of prison for robbery, he hooks up with another ex-con, who has certainty that
he knows where a farmer has a safe filled with cash.
In
a freakish snap, the other fellow goes mad and kills the whole family. Taking
place in between Kansas and Missouri, they are of course convicted and set up
to be lynched. The whole process, of them fleeing the cops, through mexico and
California, only to wind up back in Missouri is really well drawn out. It’s a
masterpiece.
The
whole time you see the mind of a killer operating. It’s so sad. An instant on
my top 25, and a sure 2.
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