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Kill Your Darlings (2013)

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A true story of obsession and murder.

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

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Cast & Crew

Director
John Krokidas
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    Allen Ginsberg Daniel Radcliffe
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    Lucien Carr Dane DeHaan
  • Profile picture of Michael C. Hall
    David Kammerer Michael C. Hall
  • Profile picture of Jack Huston
    Jack Kerouac Jack Huston
  • Profile picture of Ben Foster
    William Burroughs Ben Foster
  • Profile picture of David Cross
    Louis Ginsberg David Cross
  • Profile picture of Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Naomi Ginsberg Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth Olsen
    Edie Parker Elizabeth Olsen

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