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| The Todd Killings | |
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| Directed by | Barry Shear |
| Written by | Dennis Murphy Joel Oliansky |
| Produced by | Barry Shear |
| Starring | Robert F. Lyons Richard Thomas Belinda Montgomery James Broderick Gloria Grahame Holly Near Edward Asner Barbara Bel Geddes |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Stine |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
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| Distributed by | National General Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Todd Killings is a 1971psychological thriller directed byBarry Shear and starringRobert F. Lyons,Richard Thomas,Belinda Montgomery, andBarbara Bel Geddes. It is based on the true crimes of serial killerCharles Schmid in the 1960s.
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Skipper Todd is a ne'er-do-well who spends his time wanting to be a rock star and playing mentor to the local high school crowd while sponging off of his mother. He is also the chief suspect in the disappearance of a local girl. After befriending naive Billy Roy, Todd sets his sights on Roberta.
The film was released theatrically in the United States byNational General Pictures on October 20, 1971, butWarner Bros. bought the studio in 1969.
The film was released on VHS byWarner Home Video in 1993. It was released on DVD in 2010 via theWarner Archive on-demand service as anamorphic 2:35:1.[1]
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