Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
Drama • PT1H31M
Overview
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.
Director: Tim Metcalfe
Top Cast
- James Woods as Carl Panzram
- Robert Sean Leonard as Henry Lesser
- Ellen Greene as Elizabeth Wyatt
- Cara Buono as Esther Lesser
- Robert John Burke as R.G. Greiser
