The Big Killing

5.5
1965 1 hr 15 min Drama , Crime , Mystery , TV Movie

Peter Ashbury is a young man who lives on Palm Beach, Sydney, with an expensive wife Mary and house he cannot afford. Their neighbours and close friends are Liz and Charles Barcher. He makes a £25,000 bet to murder Liz, the wife of the wealthy Charles. When the wife dies, blame attaches to Peter and then to his wife Mary.

  • Cast:
    Ron Haddrick , Tommy Dysart

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Reviews

HottWwjdIam
1965/04/21

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

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Humbersi
1965/04/22

The first must-see film of the year.

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Lollivan
1965/04/23

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Orla Zuniga
1965/04/24

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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