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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 91/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 156 1950s crime movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 25m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,763 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley KubrickDirector
- Stanley KubrickScreenplay
Cast
- Sterling HaydenJohnny Clay
- Coleen GrayFay
- Vince EdwardsVal Cannon
- Jay C. FlippenMarvin Unger
- Ted de CorsiaPatrolman Randy Kennan
- Marie WindsorSherry Peatty
- Elisha Cook Jr.George Peatty
- Joe SawyerMike O'Reilly
- James EdwardsTrack Parking Attendant
- Timothy CareyNikki Arcane
- Kola KwarianiMaurice Oboukhoff
- Jay AdlerLeo the Loanshark
Stills
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Themes
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