``PUT YOUR BODY IN CASH'' was Kubrick's Hollywood debut that made his talent known to the world.

From amateur filmmaker to professional filmmaker

The budget for ``PUT YOUR BODY IN CASH'' is $320,000. It was low budget even by B-movie standards of the time. Moreover, the film studio United Artists only invested $200,000. The rest was entirely out of James B. Harris's own pocket. He manages to scrape together $120,000 by borrowing money from his father. It's a feat that can only be achieved by Harris, who is The Natural and rich.

Up until now, Kubrick had used unknown actors to make his films, but that was not the case this time around, so he scraped $40,000 worth of compensation from his meager budget and invited Sterling Hayden to play the lead role. . He also played a robber in John Huston's `` The Asphalt Jungle '' (50), so he was a perfect fit for the role of Johnny, the main suspect in the cash heist plot.

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Lucien Ballard, known for Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) and The Getaway (1972), will be the cinematographer. Up until now, Kubrick himself had been the cinematographer, but Hollywood union regulations required him to hire a professional cinematographer. However, Kubrick, who was still in his 20s and had the habit of ordering shots, and the veteran cinematographer did not get along well, and the atmosphere on set was not at all good.

The outline of the script was written by Kubrick, and the specific dialogue was completed by Jim Thompson. Speaking of Jim Thompson, he is a mystery writer known as a ``master of dark novels'' such as `` Grifters '' (63). During his lifetime, he was not blessed with a job and was also active as a screenwriter.

Until then, Kubrick had made a living by ``shooting amateur films among his friends and having them bought by film companies.'' As a professional filmmaker for the first time, Kubrick had a professional cast and staff, and he was able to make films that were ``PUT YOUR BODY IN CASH.'' ” was created. However, the budget was so small that Kubrick ended up making the film for free.

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