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The Killing 83 minutes, USA (1956), PG
(5.0)
Rating: 5.0 Stars
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Tightly plotted heist-goes-wrong thriller with which established the reputation of legendary director Stanley Kubrick

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The Killing: Sterling Hayden stars as an icy ex-con masterminding a robbery at a race track. His meticulous plan is to create a distraction by shooting the favourite horse during a race, muscle into the course's counting house and flee with the wedge before you can say "and they're under starter's orders."

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