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Mood:
Atmospheric Clever Suspenseful Stylized Tense
Plot:
Criminal Heroes Betrayal Crime Gone Awry Cons and Scams Heist Crimes Dishonesty Disorder
Genres:
Crime Drama Film Noir
Time/Period:
20th Century 50s
Praise:
Critically Acclaimed Essential
Style:
Nonlinear Voice Over
Based on:
Based on Book
Attitudes:
Serious Realistic
Score:
Jazz
Look:
B&W
Flag:
Violent Content

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The Killing, 1956

Starring: Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook Jr.

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Written by: Stanley Kubrick

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 85 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.2

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The mood of The Killing is clever, atmospheric, and suspenseful. The plot centers around crime gone awry, a heist, and betrayal. It is a drama and crime movie. Stylistically, The Killing is nonlinear, is a film noir, and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It happens in the 1950s. Visually, The Killing is black and white. The musical score is jazz. It is based on a book. The Killing is known for being essential viewing and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes violent content.

Summary of The Killing

Sterling Hayden stars in Stanley Kubrick's crime noir classic, THE KILLING, based on crime Lionel White's novel CLEAN BREAK. Hayden plays Johnny Clay, an ex-con with a plan to steal $2 million from a San Francisco racetrack. He assembles an odd collection of tough guys and moles to participate in the heist. But just as there is no such thing as the perfect murder, there is no such thing as the perfect crime...

The film features terrific performances from Hayden, Elisha Cook, Marie Windsor, and the rest of the talented cast. Kubrick, who brought in pulp writer Jim Thompson to create the perfect dialogue, tells the story with a nonlinear, fractured-time narrative, following each of the main characters separately as they prepare for the big day. Featuring Kubrick's flawless direction and wonderfully atmospheric photography, anchored by a jazz-tinged score by Gerald Fried, THE KILLING is one of the most intense noir heist films ever made.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	20 May 1956
Runtime:	85 min

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Sterling Hayden

as Johnny Clay

Elisha Cook Jr.

as George Peatty

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In my mind Sterling Hayden was the perfect noir hero - equal parts tough and vulnerable - and this movie fires up all the nerve endings in my brain that make me partial to crime thrillers. Stanley Kubrick made more "accomplished" pictures later,... Read and rate it

05.September.2010
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by: ColumboFan
ColumboFan rated this movie0/10

"The Killing" is said to be a "classic" noir, but it's classic only in the sense of "old." And it tries to be hard-bitten like great noirs but comes off as only par-boiled. The movie takes the form of a heist flick, but instead of plausible planning... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Vic
Vic rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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