Colleen Gray,
Elisha Cook Jr.,
Jay C. Flippen,
Marie Windsor,
Sterling Hayden
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Crooks plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
DVD Release Date: August 15, 2001
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September 11, 2009Fresh out of prison, a career criminal cooks up an ingenious scheme to rob a racetrack. An early film from Stanley Kubrick, and yet another masterclass. He takes to the visual trappings of Film Noir and creates one of the most efficiently told and tautly directed heist films ever...( read more)
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September 4, 2009A fantastic Heist film noir by the late great Kubrick. The dialogue is brilliant and the characters and acting superb. As always, Kubrick's direction is perfect. It's been a huge influence since its realise and has often been ripped off but never bettered. Brilliant.
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May 31, 2009A well planned Robbery that is timed accurately and precise, with many characters involved.
Enjoyable watch, worthy if you catch it on TV, not quite as impressive as I thought it would be, but an ok film. -
March 11, 2009Kubrick just getting started - fun to compare this to his later work.
A solid heist movie baby babay. -
March 1, 2009Good early Kubrick. Nice touchs throughout with a satisfying ending. Recommended.
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December 20, 2009The Killing is fantastic. Its very effective, not like most movies nowadays that's wasting celluloid and the audience's time. And the details are great. Sometimes we should look back and really learn something.
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December 13, 2009This flawless caper movie forces you to root for the bad guy. Classic edge of your seat suspense.
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December 10, 2009Classic film noir! Great twists and turns and film techniques that cleary influenced Tarantino, Scorsese and the likes.
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December 5, 2009The Killing is said to be one of Stanley Kubrick's earlier works as a film director. Screenplay was written by Kubrick and James Thompson based on a novel entitled "Clean Break" by Lionel White. It was released in 1956 and was not actually a top grosser but it did well.
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November 16, 2009I love Kubrick. I should put this near the top of the list but it seems to be a bit of a bore
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