Liar. Thief. Murderer. He hated all of humanity, himself most of all.
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.
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Grave, earnest, intimate and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- James WoodsCarl Panzram
- Robert Sean LeonardHenry Lesser
- Cara BuonoEsther Lesser
- Ellen GreeneElizabeth Wyatt
- Robert John BurkeR.G. Greiser
- Lili TaylorWoman in Speakeasy
- Seth RomatelliTeenaged Carl Panzram
- Richard RiehleWarden Quince
- Harold GouldOld Henry Lesser
- John Bedford LloydDr. Karl Menninger
Crew
- Tim MetcalfeDirector
- Tim MetcalfeScreenplay
- James LongNovel
- Thomas E. GaddisNovel
- Ken KelschDirector of Photography
- Janet YangProducer
- Mark LevinsonProducer
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