I adore this movie. The timing twists and shifts are
compelling. The way the story unravels at the end reminds me
a great deal of the Asphalt Jungle.
My youngest son watched this movie with me a couple of years
ago and was absolutely terrified by the men wearing clown
masks and toting guns. He's never cared for clowns, but this
iced it for him!
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Jack <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> Has anyone else seen this
film?
It stared Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor,
and bunch of the "usual suspects" for films of that type.
Definitely film noir and low budget, and directed by Stanley
Kubrick.
It's a caper story with lots of violence. It looks to me as
if the original Oceans 11 was functionally copied from this
one.
A group of crooks plan to rob the big purse from a serious
race--as opposed to robbing a casino. Things go right but the
viewer knows they will go wrong--all they way to something
bizarre happening to the stolen money.
Not bad, but not great either.
Other opinions, including comments on the above?
Jack Bludis
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