| The Killer Inside Me | |
| Director: | Burt Kennedy |
| Producer: | Michael W. Leighton |
| Starring: | Stacy Keach Susan Tyrrell Tisha Sterling |
| Music: | Tim McIntire John Rubinstein |
| Cinematography: | William A. Fraker |
| Editing: | Danford B. Greene Aaron Stell |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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.
Beneath his likable exterior, Lou Ford, a deputy in a small Montana town, is a sadistic sociopath with violent sexual tastes. When Lou gets involved with a local prostitute's blackmail schemes, the carefully crafted facade he maintains begins to unravel into a killing spree.
See main article: The Killer Inside Me (2010 film). Michael Winterbottom directed a 2010 remake of the film starring Casey Affleck as Lou Ford, Jessica Alba as Joyce Lakeland, and Kate Hudson as Amy Stanton. The 2010 version contains more details about the history of Ford and his brother as well as a somewhat different ending.