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The Killing (1956)

Overview

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.
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Stanley Kubrick profile
Stanley Kubrick

Director

Stanley Kubrick profile
Stanley Kubrick

Screenplay

Cast

Sterling Hayden profile
Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray profile
Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards profile
Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen profile
Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia profile
Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor profile
Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr. profile
Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer profile
Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards profile
James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey profile
Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani profile
Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler profile
Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Sterling Hayden profile
Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray profile
Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards profile
Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen profile
Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia profile
Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor profile
Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr. profile
Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer profile
Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards profile
James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey profile
Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani profile
Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler profile
Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Extra

Release Date

June 6, 1956

Original Language

English

Budget

$320,000.00

Production Company

United Artists logoHarris-Kubrick Productions logo

Available On

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Videos

Racetrack Robbery Scene thumbnail
Racetrack Robbery Scene
Bar Fight Scene thumbnail
Bar Fight Scene
Planning The Heist thumbnail
Planning The Heist
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Official Trailer
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Michael Lehmann on THE KILLING
Three Reasons: The Killing thumbnail
Three Reasons: The Killing

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