The Killing (1956)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
This is a film noir directed by Kubrick. Even though, it is of high quality and the story is quite fresh, it failed to make a killing at the box office. As Kubrick famously is said to have said referring to its shoestring budget, "We want to make good movies and make them cheap. The two are not incompatible."
It narrates the meticulous planning and execution of a robbery at the horse races. Johnny (the hero) is planning one last big one before he settles down with a hopelessly devoted girlfriend. With the precision of time and details, he devises a heist at the races with the help of a crooked cop, race track cashier, a wrestler, a sharpshooter, a bartender and others. Everybody has a reason to be part of the robbery. The cashier is a weakling who succumbed to the pressures of his two-timing gold digging wife. What was supposed to be well guarded secret leaks to the wife who tells it to her lover who also wants to lay his hand on the loot.
After creating many distractions in the race track, Johnny managed to rob the races collection of $2million.
After the heist, however, lover boy decided to ambush the party. A shoot-out ensued, eventually killing all. Johnny made it to the airport with his girlfriend with the stash of cash in a large briefcase. Unfortunately, due to its size, he could carry it as hand luggage. While being transported to the luggage compartment of the plane, a freak accident caused his bag to open. His well planned well-executed endeavour just went spiralling in the air with whirling propellers of the aircraft.
And Johnny was apprehended.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
It narrates the meticulous planning and execution of a robbery at the horse races. Johnny (the hero) is planning one last big one before he settles down with a hopelessly devoted girlfriend. With the precision of time and details, he devises a heist at the races with the help of a crooked cop, race track cashier, a wrestler, a sharpshooter, a bartender and others. Everybody has a reason to be part of the robbery. The cashier is a weakling who succumbed to the pressures of his two-timing gold digging wife. What was supposed to be well guarded secret leaks to the wife who tells it to her lover who also wants to lay his hand on the loot.
After creating many distractions in the race track, Johnny managed to rob the races collection of $2million.
After the heist, however, lover boy decided to ambush the party. A shoot-out ensued, eventually killing all. Johnny made it to the airport with his girlfriend with the stash of cash in a large briefcase. Unfortunately, due to its size, he could carry it as hand luggage. While being transported to the luggage compartment of the plane, a freak accident caused his bag to open. His well planned well-executed endeavour just went spiralling in the air with whirling propellers of the aircraft.
And Johnny was apprehended.
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