Funny blunder in Kubrick’s The Killing (1956): when George (Elisha Cook) takes a pistol from its hiding place, he pointlessly works the slide before inserting a magazine: the gun is thus not in firing condition.
Other movies seen this week:
Bob le Flambeur (1956), another caper, not bad but overrated.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), surprisingly straightforward for Hitchcock.
The Searchers (1956), a disturbing piece about obsession and hatred, with a happy ending incongruously tacked on.