Errol Morris
Director
In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments, and murder.
Errol Morris
Director
Tom O'Neill
Book
Dan Piepenbring
Book
Robert Fernandez
Producer
Steven Hathaway
Producer
Molly Rokosz
Co-Producer
Joshua Kearney
Co-Producer
Maria Sheehan
Co-Producer
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Stephen Kay
Self - Prosecutor
Tom O'Neill
Self - Writer
Gregg Jakobson
Self - Talent Scout
Bobby Beausoleil
Self (voice)
Louis "Jolly" West
Self (archive footage)
Bernard Crowe
Self (archive footage)
Susan Atkins
Self (archive footage)
Tex Watson
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Krenwinkel
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten
Self (archive footage)
Terry Melcher
Self (archive footage)
Vincent Bugliosi
Self (archive footage)
Sandra Good
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Warren Beatty
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Roman Polanski
Self
patient1
10/30/2025
I've been watching Charles Manson, pretty much my entire life trying to understand how even with LSD he could be so charismatic that people would murder for him. I enjoyed this film greatly. They do a nice job of crime scene investigating and archival footage with Manson, and he really was quite full of himself.