The Killer Inside Me (1976 film)

For other uses, see The Killer Inside Me (disambiguation).
The Killer Inside Me
Theatrical poster
Directed byBurt Kennedy
Written byEdward Mann
Robert Chamblee
Based onThe Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Produced byMichael W. Leighton
StarringStacy Keach
Susan Tyrrell
Tisha Sterling
CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker
Edited byDanford B. Greene
Aaron Stell
Music byTim McIntire
John Rubinstein
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 1976 (1976-10)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Killer Inside Me is a 1976 American neo-noir[1] crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy and based on Jim Thompson's novel of the same name.[2] In this adaptation, the action was shifted from the west Texas oilfields to a Montana mining town, and several other changes made. It stars Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, and Tisha Sterling.

A 2010 remake was directed by Michael Winterbottom.

  1. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
  2. ^ "The Killer Inside Me (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-14.