Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

91 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 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.

Killer: A Journal of Murder

91 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Ixtlan Productions, Breakheart Films
Original title Killer: A Journal of Murder
Directors Tim Metcalfe
Writers James Long, Tim Metcalfe, Thomas E. Gaddis

Cast

James Woods

as Carl Panzram

Robert Sean Leonard

as Henry Lesser

Cara Buono

as Esther Lesser

Ellen Greene

as Elizabeth Wyatt

Robert John Burke

as R.G. Greiser

Lili Taylor

as Woman in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Seth Romatelli

as Teenaged Carl Panzram

Richard Riehle

as Warden Quince

Harold Gould

as Old Henry Lesser

John Bedford Lloyd

as Dr. Karl Menninger

Jeffrey DeMunn

as Sam Lesser

Steve Forrest

as Warden Charles Casey

Conrad McLaren

as Judge John W. Kingman