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The Killing

1956Movie1 h 25 minNR

CrimeThriller
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic917.5Rotten Tomatoes96%92%
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic917.5Rotten Tomatoes96%92%

Summary

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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  • Pulls you in.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

Not for warmth, laughs or uplift.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Confess to a Lesser Crimein 80 titlesKennan reports his car radio malfunctioning just before the robbery to allay any suspicions about why he isn't responding to calls.Takes Ten to HoldRare · in 22 titlesJohnny hires wrestler Maurice Oboukhoff to create a distraction by starting a fight in the betting office at the racetrack.All 45 tropes

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