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The Killing( 1956)

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In all its fury and violence...

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sterling Hayden

      Johnny Clay

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      Coleen Gray

      Fay

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      Vince Edwards

      Val Cannon

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      Jay C. Flippen

      Marvin Unger

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      Ted de Corsia

      Randy Kennan

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      Marie Windsor

      Sherry Peatty

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      Elisha Cook Jr.

      George Peatty

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      Joe Sawyer

      Mike O'Reilly

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      James Edwards

      Track Parking Attendant

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      Timothy Carey

      Nikki Arcane

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      Kola Kwariani

      Maurice Oboukhoff

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      Jay Adler

      Leo the Loanshark

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      Tito Vuolo

      Joe Piano - motel manager

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      Dorothy Adams

      Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

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      Herbert Ellis

      2nd American Airlines Clerk

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      James Griffith

      Mr. Grimes

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      Cecil Elliott

      Lady with Small Dog

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      Joe Turkel

      Tiny

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      Steve Mitchell

      Brown - American Airlines Clerk

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      Mary Carroll

      Woman Asking Kennan for Help

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      William Benedict

      American Airlines Clerk

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      Charles Cane

      Plainclothesman at Airport

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      Robert B. Williams

      Plainclothesman at Airport

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      Tom Coleman

      Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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      John George

      Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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      Art Gilmore

      Narrator (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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      Carl M. Leviness

      Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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      Sol Gorss

      Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited)

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      Harry Hines

      Chess Player (uncredited)

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      Hal J. Moore

      Race Track P.A. Announcer (uncredited)

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      Harvey Parry

      Bartender (uncredited)

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      Richard Reeves

      Bill - Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

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      Frank Richards

      Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

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      Arthur Tovey

      Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

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      Finn Zirzow

      Man at Airport (uncredited)

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      Oliver Cross

      Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

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      Charles Fogel

      Race Track Worker (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Track Officer (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Thu Mar 14 2019
    This is a bad joke without a punch line. The Killing is directed by Stanley Kubrick who co-adapts to screenplay with Jim Thompson from the novel Clean Break written by Lionel White. It stars Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen and Coleen Gray. Music is by Gerald Fried and cinematography by Lucien Ballard. Ex-con Johnny Clay (Hayden) has a plan to make a killing at the racetrack, with some special inside help he plots to nab $2 million in an intricate robbery. It looks a good thing, the right people are in place, but there's a potential spanner in...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    320000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • sniper
    • adultery
    • robbery
    • husband wife relationship
    • corruption
    • marriage crisis
    • gangster
    • ex-detainee
    • horse race
    • way of life
    • heist
    • femme fatale
    • film noir
    • bag of money
    • black and white