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The Asphalt Jungle
Why this pick
Its tightly organized ensemble heist and unsentimental criminal milieu share The Killing’s precision, overlapping vulnerabilities, and steadily tightening sense of doom.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1956 1h 25m USA
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Why this pick
For the same hard-edged, unglamorous view of professional criminals: terse dialogue, practical tradecraft, and a pervasive feeling that nobody can outrun consequences.
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Bob le Flambeur
Why this pick
A stylish but restrained heist tale whose gambling-world setting, cool criminal codes, and unpredictable human element make an apt companion to Kubrick’s racetrack job.
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Odds Against Tomorrow
Why this pick
A spare, tense robbery story driven less by glamour than by clashing personalities and the accumulating flaws that turn disciplined planning into danger.
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The Anderson Tapes
Why this pick
Its detailed preparation and large-team robbery echo The Killing, while surveillance and shifting loyalties add a similarly dry, increasingly anxious procedural tension.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Coleen Gray). He plans to steal $2 million from the money-counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. He assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop (Ted de Corsia), a betting window teller (Elisha Cook Jr.) to gain access to the backroom, a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey) to shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler (Kola Kwariani) to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar, and a track bartender (Joe Sawyer).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sterling Hayden
Johnny Clay
Marie Windsor
Sherry Peatty
Joe Sawyer
Mike O'Reilly
James Edwards
Track Parking Attendant
Timothy Carey
Nikki Arcane
Joe Turkel
Tiny
Tito Vuolo
Joe Piano - motel manager
Dorothy Adams
Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly