Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.
- Awards
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Jerry Jarrett
- Albert
- (as Jerry Jarret)
Jack Curtis
- TV announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Peggy Lobbin
- Gloria Price
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWorking with practically no budget and largely without on-location filming permits, Stanley Kubrick had to remain unnoticed while shooting in the nation's busiest city, using hand-held cameras and sometimes secretly shooting from a nearby vehicle.
- GoofsPennsylvania Station was electrified, all trains entering and leaving would not be pulled by steam engines. The sounds of steam engines chugging about during the station sequence are a goof. Pennsylvania Railroad trains had GG1 electric locomotives.
- Quotes
Vincent Rapallo: Like the man said, "Can happiness buy money?"
Gloria Price: Well, you're a comedian, too.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
- SoundtracksLove Theme from the Song Once
Written by Norman Gimbel and Arden E. Clar (as Arden Clar)
Featured review
It's just over an hour long and even so we have the trademark Kubrick opening, where he takes his own sweet time in letting us know what the film is about but somehow draws us in all the same. Look: it's an hour long, and it's a slight, hour-long kind of story. Don't expect anything more. I think there's also rather clearly a moment when Kubrick realised that he didn't know how he was going to end it all - to be honest, I have a sneaking suspicion that a similar thing happened on "2001", "Eyes Wide Shut" and even "Dr. Strangelove". In each of these cases it was the prompt for a daring and unconventional conclusion. I wish I could say that was the case here.
This doesn't prevent it from being involving while it lasts. Kubrick once again demonstrates the he could point a camera at anything at all and make it interesting - the images are amazing, yet entirely functional. If you have ever loved any black-and-white camera work you'll love this. It's also a masterpiece of violence-without-violence, if you know what I mean. It deserves to be more well-known than it is.
This doesn't prevent it from being involving while it lasts. Kubrick once again demonstrates the he could point a camera at anything at all and make it interesting - the images are amazing, yet entirely functional. If you have ever loved any black-and-white camera work you'll love this. It's also a masterpiece of violence-without-violence, if you know what I mean. It deserves to be more well-known than it is.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Kiss Me, Kill Me
- Filming locations
- 3156 Perry Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA(Davey and Gloria's Apartment Building)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,330
- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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