Film

Badlands

1974 · 1h 34m · Drama · Romance · Crime

In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

94

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

John Womack Jr.

Trooper

Howard Ragsdale

Boss

Dona Baldwin

Maid

Ben Bravo

Gas Attendant

Terrence Malick

Caller at Rich Man's House (uncredited)

Li Baolong

Chinese Kid (uncredited)

• Terrence MalickProducer · Director · Writer
• Edward R. PressmanExecutive Producer
• Brian ProbynDirector of Photography
• Tak FujimotoDirector of Photography
• Stevan LarnerDirector of Photography
• George Aliceson TiptonOriginal Music Composer
• Robert EstrinEditor
• Dianne CrittendenCasting

Original Trailer

Release date

January 5, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Budget

$300,000

Genres

Drama, Romance, Crime, Western

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