Old prison buddies Dick Hickock and Perry Smith reunite in Kansas City hoping to cash-in on a tip from Hickock's former cellmate. They're to hit the Clutter farmhouse, take the $10,000 from Herbert Clutter's safe and leave no witnesses. It's set to be the perfect score, a cinch. Instead, Hickock and Smith go on the run with $42 to their name and the weight of 4 dead bodies hanging around their necks.