In Cold Blood: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, a brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrifies the nation. While in prison, Dick Hickock, 28, hears a cellmate's story about $10,000 in cash kept in a home safe by a prosperous farmer. When he's paroled, Dick persuades ex-con Perry Smith, 31, to join him in going after the stash.

On a November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the Holcomb, Kansas, farm house of Herbert Clutter and family. Enraged at finding no safe, they wake the four sleeping Clutters and brutally kill them all. The bodies are found by friends who come by before Sunday church. The murders shock the small Great Plains town, where doors are routinely left unlocked. Detective Alvin Dewey of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation heads the case, but there are no clues, no apparent motive and no suspects.

Series details

• Title: In Cold Blood
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, History
• Premiere date: 1996-11-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-11-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36638
• IMDb ID: tt0116619
• TVDB ID: 258268

Cast and credited roles

• Anthony Edwards — Dick Hickock
• Eric Roberts — Perry Smith
• Sam Neill — Agent Alvin Dewey

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-11-24; final listed air date 1996-11-24; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from In Cold Blood on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.