Sterling hayden, eric roberts, coleen gray. Johnny clay sets up a heist at a race track. But it's almost knocked off the rails by george and his wife when they are caught nosing around the gang while they are planning the deal. And to make it more confusing, we jump back and forth in time. The trivia section tells us that the narrator was added later, to help make sense of the film's plot. Unfortunately, it comes out sounding like an episode of dragnet. Elisha cook plays his usual low life, underground character, who isn't respected by his pals. Hayden uses his fast, higher pitched, monotone voice whenever he's talking to his gang, similar to the voice he used in doctor strangelove. The plan slowly falls apart. Will clay ever make a getaway with the dough? Directed by stanley kubrick, the master. It's okay. No big masterpiece. Not as good as his other stuff.
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