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Superb in The Killing

posted 5 years ago by rudeboymurray (3291)
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One of my favourite ‘bad girl performances ever in Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, as the scheming wife of useless heist collaborator Elisha Cook Jr.

Windsor, I believe, acted mostly in B-movies and to my memory the only other film I have seen her in is Narrow Margin, in which she is also very good.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

and the narrow margin 1952

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 4 years ago

Yes, she was very good in that too.

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It was heartbreaking what happened to her character in that film.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i saw it a few weeks ago. i love the film noir genre.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 4 years ago

I do too. The Narrow Margin is a very good one, and Windsor is just great in noir, on the evidence of these two movies.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18430) 2 years ago

Better than the 1990 remake they did.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 2 years ago

Indeed… I saw that when it came out, long before I saw the original noir, and found it to be pretty bad, with only Gene Hackman’s boundless professionalism as a saving grace.

[–] Callahan7 (1206) 2 years ago

Woo woo!

Tall and smokin' hot in The Killing.