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Actors Resemble Real Killers Portrayed in In Cold Blood
Hollywood actors Robert Blake and Scott Wilson play the killers Hickock and Smith in the film In Cold Blood. Locals at Finney County courthouse remark on their resemblance as AP reporter Bob Thomas notes the pair’s rising fame and past struggles to break into acting.
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Bob Thomas
Garden City
Kan
Finney County
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Hollywood
Robert Blake
Scott Wilson
Perry Smith
Blake
Wilson
Hickock
Truman Capote
Atlanta, Ga
Bach
Elor
Sidney Poitier
Richard Brooks
Nutley