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Murder is his salvation

4.8

1h 44m

2014

“Murder is his salvation”

Synopsis

A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.

Director

James Franco

Trailer

CrimeDramaThriller

small townsheriffbased on novel or booksouthern usanecrophiliariflewoodsmurderhomeless

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Cast & Crew

Scott Haze

Scott Haze

as Lester Ballard

Wade Hunt Williams

Wade Hunt Williams

as Narrator

James Franco

James Franco

as Jerry

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

as Sheriff Fate

Jim Parrack

Jim Parrack

as Deputy Cotton

Fallon Goodson

as Girly

Vince Jolivette

as Ernest

Jeremy Ambler

Jeremy Ambler

as Boy With The Rifle

Elena McGhee

as Lady In White

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