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6 June 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
These 5 Men Had a $2,000,000 Secret Until One of them told this Woman! moreAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. moreNewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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Young Kubrick's triumph more (169 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sterling Hayden | ... | Johnny Clay | |
| Coleen Gray | ... | Fay | |
| Vince Edwards | ... | Val Cannon | |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | Marvin Unger | |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Policeman Randy Kennan (as Ted DeCorsia) | |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Sherry Peatty | |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | George Peatty (as Elisha Cook) | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Mike O'Reilly | |
| James Edwards | ... | Track Parking Attendant | |
| Timothy Carey | ... | Nikki Arcane | |
| Kola Kwariani | ... | Maurice Oboukhoff | |
| Jay Adler | ... | Leo the Loanshark | |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Joe Piano - motel manager | |
| Dorothy Adams | ... | Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly | |
| Herbert Ellis | ... | 2nd American Airlines Clerk |
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Also Known As:
Bed of Fear (USA) (working title)Clean Break (USA) (working title)
Day of Violence (USA) (working title)
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85 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1956) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-15 (2003) | Finland:K-16 (1960) (cut) | Spain:T | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Norway:16 | Canada:14A (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Ireland:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #17836) (original rating) | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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As Johnny leaves the store after buying a suitcase, advertised on the wall just beyond his car is a burlesque show featuring Lenny Bruce. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: At the motel, the camera shadow can be seen on the pavement, along with the crane and operator. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Narrator: At exactly 3:45 on that Saturday afternoon in the last week of September, Marvin Unger was, perhaps, the only one among the hundred thousand people at the track who felt no thrill at the running of the fifth race. He was totally disinterested in horse racing and held a lifelong contempt for gambling...
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Is "The Killing" based on a novel?Any recommendations for other horse track heist films like "The Killing"?
What is the heist plan?
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Stanley Kunbrick was still in his twenties when he made this film, yet his confidence and self-assurance are all over it. It is a well-written story, co-written by Kubrick (based on a novel called "A Clean Break"), about a meticulously planned horetrack heist told from the point of view of the several people who were in on the plot. Most of these guys weren't professional criminals, but otherwise honest men who were down on their luck and needed a break. They turned to this audacious plan in desperation, thinking they could do some real good in their lives with their share of the money. I won't give away the ending of course, but keep in mind this is a Kubrick film. That's all I say about that.
Standouts include Sterling Hayden as the ringleader, Marie Windsor as a snide, manipulative woman, Elisha Cook as her milquetoasty husband, Timothy Carey, as creepy as ever, and Kola Kwariani, the thinking man's Tor Johnson, as a chess expert/hired thug.
Speaking of chess, this is the first movie I've ever seen with a scene taking place in a chess parlor. Being from a provincial New England town, and not being a chess afficionado, I never knew such places existed.