Plot Summary
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970s' case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.—tom day
Top Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal as -Robert Graysmith
Ione Skye as -Kathleen Johns
Dermot Mulroney as -Captain Marty Lee
Mark Ruffalo as -Inspector David Toschi