Killer Joe cast

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris Smith, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. He has been told that the sole benificiary would be his younger sister, Dottie. Conspiring with his father, Ansel, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire "Killer Joe" Cooper, a police detective who has a parallel career as a contract killer. They plan to split what remains after paying Killer Joe four ways between themselves, Dottie and Ansel's new wife Sharla. The plan almost fails when Chris is unable to front Killer Joe's fee. However, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. watch more