Remember the really clever structure of "Reservoir Dogs" that wowed everyone a few years back? It came from this early Stanley Kubrick masterpiece.
Remember Michael Madsen's smirking psycho in "Reservoir Dogs" that stunned everyone back then? He is as nothing to the unique Timothy Carey's smirking psycho in "The Killing".
This really is a must see: a fantastic cast of character actors play the ill-assorted, and ill-starred, misfits trying to rob a racecourse. Their leader is the immense Sterling Hayden - you'll recall him as the insane General Ripper in Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove" and the corrupt Irish police captain who breaks Al Pacino's jaw - and pays for it - in "The Godfather". Well, this film gives him another of his great roles and he's magnificently supported by his motley gang members or enemies, played by people like Marie Windsor and Elisha Cook - film noir scene stealers one and all.
Then there is the tough, concise dialogue by crime genius Jim Thompson and the stunning direction, photography, editing, and stagings by the master himself, the greatest film-maker ever - Stanley Kubrick.
Remember Michael Madsen's smirking psycho in "Reservoir Dogs" that stunned everyone back then? He is as nothing to the unique Timothy Carey's smirking psycho in "The Killing".
This really is a must see: a fantastic cast of character actors play the ill-assorted, and ill-starred, misfits trying to rob a racecourse. Their leader is the immense Sterling Hayden - you'll recall him as the insane General Ripper in Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove" and the corrupt Irish police captain who breaks Al Pacino's jaw - and pays for it - in "The Godfather". Well, this film gives him another of his great roles and he's magnificently supported by his motley gang members or enemies, played by people like Marie Windsor and Elisha Cook - film noir scene stealers one and all.
Then there is the tough, concise dialogue by crime genius Jim Thompson and the stunning direction, photography, editing, and stagings by the master himself, the greatest film-maker ever - Stanley Kubrick.