Murder by Numbers

For the song by The Police, see Murder by Numbers (song). For the video game, see Murder by Numbers (video game).
Murder by Numbers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBarbet Schroeder
Written byTony Gayton
Produced by
  • Richard Crystal
  • Barbet Schroeder
  • Susan Hoffman
Starring
CinematographyLuciano Tovoli
Edited byLee Percy
Music byClint Mansell
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million
Box office$56.7 million

Murder by Numbers is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock in the main role alongside Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case.[2] The film was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered in competition.[3]

  1. ^ "MURDER BY NUMBERS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2002-05-01. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. ^ King, S. (April 19, 2002). 'Numbers' Joins List of Dramas Based on Loeb-Leopold Murder Case. LATimes.com, retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Festival de Cannes: Murder by Numbers. Retrieved 2009-11-04.