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An expertly crafted noir with more on its mind than stylishly staged violence, The Killing establishes Stanley Kubrick as a filmmaker of uncommon vision and control. Read critic reviews
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The Killing: Official Clip - Robbing the Robbers
The Killing: Official Clip - Dead at 4:24
The Killing: Official Clip - Holding Up the Racetrack Bank
The Killing: Official Clip - Maurice Creates the Distraction
The Killing: Official Clip - I Know You Like a Book
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The Killing: Official Clip - Sherry Baby
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Movie Info
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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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Producer: James B. Harris
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Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Lionel White
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: United Artists, Criterion Collection
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Production Co: Harris-Kubrick Productions
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Audience Reviews for The Killing
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I love the early works of Stanley Kubrick as much as his literary-like masterpieces (2001, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon). The Killing is a noir classic.
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Being a relatively straightforward crime thriller makes it somewhat unique in the Kubrick filmography, and it's still one of the best movies in the genre.
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Good, establishes tension by taking its time with the elaborate set-up. The theme of irony runs strong. Well-shot. It maybe would have even been better had the studio not forced the narration onto the film, against Kubrick's request -- in that way, it brings to mind the same dilemma of 'Blade Runner' and the difference between having its narration vs. without. Overall, a good film. I'd put it 3.5-4, but I'll bump it to 4 here.
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A decent film noir and an interesting early work by Kubrick. One that is forgotten for good reason - it is passable but not terribly memorable. One can see Kubrick just pumping this out.
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