Hammersmith Is Out

Tells the story of a homicidal male inmate who escapes and becomes the most influential man in the country. Stars Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Ustinov.

Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges) is an orderly at a Texas psychiatric hospital. He falls under the spell of an allegedly sociopathic patient named Hammersmith (Richard Burton) and a waitress at a local diner named Jimmie Jean Jackson (Jimmie Jean Jackson) The three make their way into adventures where they murder people and steal property as the means for elevating Billy's social and financial status.