Badlands

Badlands

1974 | 1h 34m | Drama, Crime | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

South Dakota. Twenty-five-year-old garbage man Kit Carruthers, who idolizes James Dean, falls in love with 15-year-old Holly Sargis. But when Holly's brutal father forbids their relationship, Kit kills the man, and the young lovers become fugitives.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Terrence Malick

CAST

Martin Sheen

Sissy Spacek

Warren Oates

Ramon Bieri

PRODUCERS

Terrence Malick

WRITERS

Terrence Malick

Host Intros

02:13
Alicia Malone Intro -- Badlands (1973)
Intro Aired: Jul 2018
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Badlands, 1973.
01:48
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- Badlands (1973)
Intro Aired: Jul 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Badlands, 1973.
02:07
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Badlands (1973)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Badlands, 1973.

Related Videos

Badlands (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Some Kinda Dog
Clip
Opening scenes, Holly (Sissy Spacek) narrating and twirling her baton, Kit (Martin Sheen) on the garbage crew, from Terrence Malick's Badlands, 1972, based on the Charles Starkweather killings.
Badlands (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Just Like James Dean
Clip
Holly (Sissy Spacek) resumes her narration when Kit (Martin Sheen) comes to visit, in their South Dakota hometown, in Terrence Malick's treatment of the Charles Starkweather crime spree, Badlands, 1972.
Badlands (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Takes All Kinds
Clip
More of Holly (Sissy Spacek) narrating, then boyfriend Kit (Martin Sheen) visits her sign-painter father (Warren Oates) on the job, in writer-director Terrence Malick's Badlands, 1972.
02:58
Badlands - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek play lovers on a cross-country killing spree in Badlands (1973) directed by Terrence Malick.

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