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Dark drama about the unlikely friendship formed between prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard) and inmate Carl Panzram (James Woods). Carl has been locked up for breaking and entering but he boasts of far more savage crimes which he longs to document if only he had access to pens and paper. Henry is captivated by the enigmatic inmate and smuggles the necessary tools in to him, spiriting them away at the end of his shift. Henry finds Carl's memoirs compelling reading but the brutal truth Carl has written and boasted about eventually reveals itself in a shocking attack on a prison officer.

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1996) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

James Woods	.... Carl Panzram
Robert Sean Leonard	.... Henry Lesser
Ellen Greene	.... Elizabeth Wyatt
Cara Buono	.... Esther Lesser
Robert John Burke	.... R.G. Greiser
Richard Riehle	.... Warden Quince

Supporting Cast:

Harold Gould	.... Old Henry Lesser
John Bedford Lloyd	.... Dr. Karl Menninger
Jeffrey DeMunn	.... Sam Lesser
Conrad McLaren	.... Judge John W. Kingman
Steve Forrest	.... Warden Charles Casey
Richard Council	.... Cop
Christopher Petrosino	.... Richard Lesser
Michael Jeffrey Woods	.... Harry Sinclair

Directors:

Tim Metcalfe

Writers:

Thomas E. Gaddis
James Long