
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)
In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.


“In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.”
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Martin Sheen
Kit Carruthers

Sissy Spacek
Holly Sargis

Warren Oates
Holly's Father

Ramon Bieri
Cato

Alan Vint
Deputy

Gary Littlejohn
Sheriff

John Carter
Rich Man
Bryan Montgomery
Boy
Gail Threlkeld
Girl
Charles Fitzpatrick
Clerk
Badlands is a crime, drama, romance film released in 1974 exploring themes of mass murder, based on true story, fugitive, on the run, on the road, killing spree. Directed by Terrence Malick, it stars Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates. An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
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