Badlands

Badlands

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

1973 · 94 min · ★ 7.5 (1K) · Drama, Romance, Crime

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

Directed by Terrence Malick · Written by Terrence Malick

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