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The Killing

1956 · Film · 85 min

  • Crime
  • Thriller
  • Drama

Plot

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

About The Killing

The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on Lionel White's novel Clean Break. It stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards, and features Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Jay C. Flippen and Timothy Carey. The film was Kubrick's third directorial effort and was generally well received by critics.

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Cast

  • Sterling HaydenJohnny Clay
  • Coleen GrayFay
  • Vince EdwardsVal Cannon
  • Jay C. FlippenMarvin Unger
  • Ted de CorsiaPatrolman Randy Kennan
  • Marie WindsorSherry Peatty
  • Elisha Cook Jr.George Peatty
  • Joe SawyerMike O'Reilly
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