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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
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How to Make a Killing
"$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way."
2026 1h 45m EN
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6.9
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★6.9TMDB · 791
ComedyThriller
Synopsis
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Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
“$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way.”
Cast
Glen Powell
Becket Redfellow
Margaret Qualley
Julia
Jessica Henwick
Ruth
Bill Camp
Warren Redfellow
Zach Woods
Noah Redfellow
Topher Grace
Steven Redfellow
Ed Harris
Whitelaw Redfellow
Raff Law
Taylor Redfellow
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Patton Ford
- Writers
- Robert Hamer, John Dighton, John Patton Ford
- Languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.
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CAST
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416+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by John Patton Ford, shot by Todd Banhazl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Emile Mosseri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Harrison Atkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley and Jessica Henwick carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Patton Ford directs. Todd Banhazl behind the camera. Emile Mosseri scores. Harrison Atkins cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, France. Dialogue in English, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
- 3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.
- 4416+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
- 5Directed by John Patton Ford, shot by Todd Banhazl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Emile Mosseri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Harrison Atkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley and Jessica Henwick carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt4357198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Classified under 15 themes, including "manipulation", "dark comedy", "deception", "family secrets".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Todd Banhazl
- Original score
- Emile Mosseri
- Editing
- Harrison Atkins
- Production design
- Christian Huband
- Costume design
- Jo Katsaras
- Makeup / hair
- Glendell Berry
- VFX supervisor
- Peter Hardy
- Sound
- Mike Prestwood Smith
- Stunt coordinator
- Kerry Gregg
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $21,598,574
- Return
- 144% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
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John Patton Ford
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 6/10
It was always going to be very difficult for this to hold a candle to “Kind Hearts and Coronets” (1949) but I wasn’t really prepared for something quite this insubstantial. It’s really only a vehicle for the ever-amiable Glen Powell but even his character is disappointingly undercooked and it’s another of these films where it’s best bits featured in the trailers. It’s told by way of a confession between “Becket” and a priest as he awaits imminent hanging. His revelations reveal that his mother was from very wealthy stock, but was abandoned after she insisted in having a child with an wholly unsuitable musician. Left to their own devices, they struggled along until she prematurely died and left him looking for retribution. To pay his bills, he has a job in a tailor’s shop where he encounters his rather snobbish childhood friend “Julia” (Margaret Qualley) who plants a devious seed in his mind. What better way to inherit than to ensure that the seven folks further up the family tree all come tumbling down? With things all going swimmingly, he meets the girlfriend of one of his doomed relatives, “Ruth” (Jessica Henwick) and is soon all loved-up. Thing is, the unhappily wed “Julia” cottons on to his cunning plan and so now “Becket” has lots of plates to spin as he tries to keep the girl, get the Rolls Royce and avoid the drop. There are a few moments that raise a smile, but for the most part the drama doesn’t really catch fire. Part of the problem is that it simply doesn’t develop the roles of the “victims” at all. Each get a few moments in the sun, but their parts needed beefing up much more to enhance the comedic and quirky effects of this dark comedy thriller. Ed Harris bowls along towards the end, but that made little sense and I half expected Tim Curry to emerge from behind one of the wooden panels that line the hallway. Qualley looks the part but her persona has none of the mischievous charm nor scheming intricacy it needed to resonate and I left with a worrying sensation that someone, somewhere, fancies the idea of a sequel should this take the money at the box office. It’s watchable enough, but is another cinematic example of something originally unbroken an in no need of fixing seventy-five years later.
Production companies
Who made it
StudioCanal
FR
Blueprint Pictures
GB
Key crew
- CastingLucy Bevan
- Production DesignChristian Huband
- ProducerGraham Broadbent
- ProducerPeter Czernin
- Casting AssociateOlivia Grant
- Costume DesignJo Katsaras
- GafferLesley Manuel
- EditorHarrison Atkins
- CastingOlivia Grant
- Supervising Sound EditorJoakim Sundström
- Stunt CoordinatorKerry Gregg
- BookRoy Horniman
- Original Film WriterRobert Hamer
- Original Film WriterJohn Dighton
- Executive ProducerAnna Marsh
- Executive ProducerRon Halpern
- Executive ProducerJoe Naftalin
- Executive ProducerDiarmuid McKeown
- Executive ProducerGlen Powell
- Co-ProducerGail McQuillan
- Executive ProducerBen Knight
- Music SupervisorNick Angel
- HairstylistGlendell Berry
- Makeup & Hair AssistantMargueritte Blom-Briedenhann
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- manipulation
- dark comedy
- deception
- family secrets
- remake
- killing spree
- family power struggle
- disowned
- revenge thriller
- family fortune
- hidden motives
- family inheritance
- succession conflict
- rival heirs
- estate mansion
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2026-02-14R· AMC The Grove 14
- Theatrical2026-02-20R
- Digital2026-03-24R
- Digital2026-06-19R· HBO Max
- TV2026-06-20R· HBO
Also known as
International titles
- HuntingtonGB
- RothchildGB
- HuntingtonBR
- Kā novākt radiņusLV
- Jugada MaestraMX
- Jugada maestraES
