2012 1h 42m William Friedkin

Killer Joe

Name: Killer Joe
Genre: Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Released: 2012
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

★ 6.7 IMDb

Crime Mystery & Thriller Drama

A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.

Writer Tracy Letts

Cast Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

DP Caleb Deschanel

Production Designer Franco-Giacomo Carbone

Music Tyler Bates

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Bad Billy: William Friedkin on Killer Joe by Olivier Pere, Cinema Scope

On William Friedkin

Video Essay. Friedkin's Endings by Christopher Small, MUBI Notebook He Did It All: William Friedkin (1935-2023) by Scout Tafoya, RogerEbert.com ReFocus: The Films of William Friedkin, by Steve Choe by Michael Gibson, Alphaville

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