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Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017)

Name: Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Beth Tedrow, Larry Welch, Kevin Bascue, Paul Dewey, Gwyneth Frack

Documentary

The story of the brutal murder of the Clutter family in a small Kansas town in 1959, the resulting investigation, convictions and executions of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, chronicled in Truman Capote's landmark book, In Cold Blood.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (571 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

7.48 avg 4 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Farm Family Slain	7.4	36
2	Killers on the Run	7.4	30
3	The Intruders on Trial	7.6	27
4	The Gallows and the Novel	7.5	25