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Art of the Heist Classic

The Killing (1956)

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“None of these men are criminals in the usual sense. They’ve all got jobs. They all live seemingly normal, decent lives. But, they’ve got their problems and they’ve all got a little larceny in ‘em.” Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of a five man race-track robbery is a devious and devilishly clever film with a non-linear structure and an untrustworthy narrator to add to all the confusion. The film was deemed too intricate for audiences and was dumped by the studio but Kubrick’s directorial brilliance was noticed by the likes of Kirk Douglas, who hired him for his next two films and the rest is Hollywood history. English language without subtitles.

Credits

Regie
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
Genre
Drama, Film-Noir, Misdaad
Speelduur
84 minuten
Land
VS
Taal
Engels
Ondertiteling

Storyline

Career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) recruits a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey), a crooked police officer (Ted de Corsia), a bartender (Joe Sawyer) and a betting teller named George (Elisha Cook Jr.), among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay (Coleen Gray). But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry (Marie Windsor), about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) recruits a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey), a crooked police officer (Ted de Corsia), a bartender (Joe Sawyer) and a betting teller named George (Elisha Cook Jr.), among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay (Coleen Gray). But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry (Marie Windsor), about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

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