Starkweather (film)

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Starkweather
Directed byByron Werner
Written byStephen Johnston
Produced byMark Boot
Justin Peyton
StarringBrent Taylor
Shannon Lucio
CinematographyByron Werner
Edited by Karl T. Hirsch
Distributed by THINKFilm
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Starkweather is a 2004 film directed by Byron Werner, written by Working Class Films founder and screenwriter Stephen Johnston (with scripts including In the Light of the Moon and Ted Bundy ), and starring Brent Taylor and Shannon Lucio.

The film is based on the life of spree killer Charles Starkweather. It was filmed in September 2003 in Acton, California and Lancaster, California and filmed on 35mm.

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