Based on Truman Capote's notorious true crime novel, In Cold Blood tells the tragic tale of Dick Hickock (Anthony Edwards, ER) and Perry Smith (Eric Roberts, Runaway Train), two ex-convicts driven by greed to commit one of the most heinous murders in US history. On a fateful November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the house of prosperous rancher Herb Clutter intending to steal $10,000 in cash from a concealed safe. Failing to uncover the loot, the desperate men set about terrorising the family - ultimately killing the rancher, his wife and two teenage children in cold blood.A shock to the small community of Great Planes, it is up to Detective Alvin Dewey (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park) of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to put the pieces together and track the two killers down as they flee across the state to Mexico.Also featuring Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern) and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused), In Cold Blood is a gripping adaptation of one of the most compelling crime stories ever told.