Seen on 30-7-2009 - HBO movie
Cast: James Wood (Carl Panzram), Robert Sean Leonard (Henry Lesser)
Dir.: Tim Metcalfe
Exec. Producer: OLIVER STONE
Said to be based on a true story written into a book, this film tracks the violent suicidal journey of an unrepentant criminal who yet tuns out to be not all that bad especially when comes in contact with otherwise shympathetic jailer or a prison guard.
The film shows how the most hated and dreaded criminal Carl Panzram is drawn to a prison guard Henry Lesser who gives him the forbidden paper and pencil to write down his unbelievable story of burglary, rape, multiple murders. Lesser discovers that Panzram is well read, intelligent and has fine feelings like anyone else, but has turned abominable because of what people did to him. He desperately tries to have him declared insane so that he could be rescued from death penalty, but Panzram, surprisingly, does everything possible to court death penalty. Unable to bear the prospect of the death penalty, Lesser finally quits the prison job.
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