The Killing

1956

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 48 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 104868 104.9K

noir pre-code secret sniper adultery robbery

Plot summary

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Director

Stanley Kubrick Photo
Stanley Kubrick

Top cast

John Roy Photo
John Roy as Commuter
Joe Turkel Photo
Joe Turkel as Tiny
Timothy Carey Photo
Timothy Carey as Nikki Arcane
Ted de Corsia Photo
Ted de Corsia as Patrolman Randy Kennan
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682.73 MB
1280*766
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.31 GB
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3.74 GB
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1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dierregi 8 / 10

A masterpiece

The non-linear storytelling, overused nowadays even when it does not make any sense, is key to this taught thriller, narrated almost as a documentary.Besides, despite the non-linear structure, the plot is very easy to follow, thanks to the narrator who tells the audience everything from the time of the day to the details about the gang involved in the audacious heist at the races.It does't hurt that main character Johnny Clay is played by one of my favourite actors, Sterling Hayden, in a role that reminds me of his doomed character in The Asphalt Jungle. Clay is a coincise, world-wary character who planned the heist to the last detail, unfortunately missing the "human factor".As it's customary in stories about failed heists, there's always one detail that is either unknown or unpredictable, but important enough to wreak havoc even in the most perfect plan.Perhaps my favourite Kubrick's movie, with a tight script, excellent cast and no-nonsense approach.
Reviewed by Xstal 9 / 10

You Win Some, You...

There is a plan that just can't fail no matter what, take the racetrack's banked cash roll, take all it's got, everybody knows their place, where to be for the big race, then where to gather, to take their share, of the big pot.A piece of cinema magic that to this day leaves you astounded at the brilliance of the writer/director, amazed at the sensational performances by some truly great actors, and as engaged as you could ever hope to be with a story that nestles nicely in the age and the era from which it was born, an achievement that so many films of that time fail to achieve when revisited.
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