Killer Joe

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Killer Joe is a 2011 American independent Southern Gothic black comedy crime film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay by Tracy Letts is based on his 1993 play of the same name. The film stars Matthew McConaughey in the title role, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, and Thomas Haden Church. It is one of the final films directed by Friedkin. In Killer Joe, the estranged family of a woman scheme to kill her in order to collect on her life insurance policy, and conspire with a corrupt police officer to do the deed.