Count on Stanley Kubrick to ratchet up the suspense and atmosphere of film noir to a level of intensity it had never achieved before. With the help of co-writer Jim Thompson and a perfect cast, Kubrick gives us the heist movie of our dreams and the amoral criminals we deserve.

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“So, long ago, when he was hardly out of Look magazine as a red-hot journalistic photographer who did human interest the way some lawyers follow ambulances, Stanley Kubrick had a debut film to knock your eyes out. It still does the trick.” – David Thomson

“Even though he was just staring out, Kubrick instantly mastered the crime genre. A stunning film.” – Kim Newman, Empire Magazine