Holden interviews the eerily articulate murderer Ed Kemper, but his research provokes negative feedback at the Bureau.Holden interviews the eerily articulate murderer Ed Kemper, but his research provokes negative feedback at the Bureau.Holden interviews the eerily articulate murderer Ed Kemper, but his research provokes negative feedback at the Bureau.
Lucia M. Aguirre
- Gonzales' Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Eric Paul Chapman
- Officer Ripley
- (uncredited)
Vini Costanzo
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Crago
- California Corrections Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUntil a stroke sidelined him in 2015, the real Ed Kemper was a prolific reader of books on tape, logging over 5000 hours narrating several hundred books.
- GoofsAs agents Ford and Tench get their first look at the sub-basement room their supervisor has assigned them for their new project, a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III computer is visible on the shelf near the water cooler. This computer would have been brand-new at the time of the story and unlikely to be stored with other obsolete or surplus equipment.
- Quotes
Bill Tench: How do we get ahead of crazy if we don't know how crazy thinks?
- ConnectionsReferences The Brady Bunch (1969)
- SoundtracksA Fifth of Beethoven
(uncredited)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven and Walter Murphy
Performed by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
Featured review
Horrifying Discoveries
The interviews with Ed Kemper who committed unspeakable acts are absolutely gut wrenching. The two FBI agents are just beginning to delve into the mind of people who are so complex and so frightening. When they are unable to even offer help to people who are on the front lines in aberrant murder cases, they feel it is paramount that they begin to try to figure out what makes them tick. Of course, the FBI is an old institution, stuck in tradition and often ignorant (in the Seventies portrayed here, certainly) of experimental methods, with an agenda that puts the brakes on risk taking. Bill and Holden are as different as can be; each has his own methodology, but they have become totally absorbed in their mission. They are also under the gun. They are seen as wave-makers that aren't really needed. The speech that Kemper makes in his matter-of-fact way sends chills down the spine, yet there is a glaring logic that we can't deny. Great television, a cut above what we are used to.
helpful•571
- Hitchcoc
- Oct 18, 2017
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content