19731h 34mDir. Terrence Malick

Badlands

Name: Badlands
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: 1973-10-13
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Alan Vint

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

DramaRomanceCrime

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Starring:Martin Sheen,Sissy Spacek,Warren Oates,Ramon Bieri,Alan Vint

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

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

Key Production Crew

Director

Terrence Malick

Screenplay & Writers

Terrence Malick

Cinematography

Brian Probyn, Tak Fujimoto

Original Score

George Aliceson Tipton

Producers

Terrence Malick

Film Details

Budget$300,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Pressman-WilliamsJill Jakes Production

Keywords & Themes

#mass murder#based on true story#fugitive#on the run#on the road#killing spree#south dakota#badlands#runaway couple#fugitive lovers

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

The ultimate road trip movie. Absolutely unhinged version of Moonrise Kingdom. Honestly the lands looked so peaceful I almost forgot the whole “serial murder vacation package” situation. I guess the murders were th...

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