5.2 Score

2010 • 1h 49min • R • Thriller, Crime, Drama

The Killer Inside Me

"Nobody Sees It Coming"

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

IMDb 6.1

RT 55%

MC 53

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Writers

Jim Thompson

John Curran

Michael Winterbottom

Composer

Joel Cadbury

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Casey Affleck

Lou Ford

Kate Hudson

Amy Stanton

Jessica Alba

Joyce Lakeland

Ned Beatty

Chester Conway

Tom Bower

Sheriff Bob Maples

Simon Baker

Howard Hendricks

Bill Pullman

Billy Boy Walker

Elias Koteas

Joe Rothman

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Casey Affleck Lou Ford

Kate Hudson Amy Stanton

Jessica Alba Joyce Lakeland

Ned Beatty Chester Conway

Tom Bower Sheriff Bob Maples

Simon Baker Howard Hendricks

Bill Pullman Billy Boy Walker

Elias Koteas Joe Rothman

Liam Aiken Johnnie Pappas

Brent Briscoe Bum

Matthew Maher Deputy Jeff Plummer

Jay R. Ferguson Elmer Conway

Blake Lindsley Waitress

Noah Crawford Mike (age 15)

Caitlin Turner Helene

Ali Nazary Max Pappas

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