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Killer: A Journal of Murder

Summary: A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.

Release Date: September 06, 1996

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Tim Metcalfe

Writers: Thomas E. Gaddis

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Breakheart Films, Ixtlan Productions, Ixtlan, Janet Yang Productions, Spelling Films

Distributor: Legacy Releasing Corporation, Paramount Television, Republic Pictures (II), Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Worldvision Enterprises

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 82,029

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