The Killing Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 80 mins
- Year produced:
- 1956
- Director:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cast:
- Sterling Hayden
- Coleen Gray
- Marie Windsor
If you thought a cult director like Quentin Tarantino invented the hip, fast-moving thriller – think again. This very modern black-and-white heist movie has inspired countless tributes and downright rip-offs, and still ranks among the very best crime pictures of all time. It centres on a heist at a horse racing track, meticulously planned by the gang’s leader, who needs just one last job before he can retire. So, what could possibly go wrong? The outcome here may be inevitable - but the story will keep you gripped to the very last frame.
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Fascinating facts
The Killing’s director Stanley Kubrick reportedly declined any payment so that he could direct this particular movie – just as he hoped, it got him noticed by Hollywood and huge star Kirk Douglas hired him soon after for the war epic Paths of Glory.