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The Killing

In all its fury and violence...
Jun 6, 1956 · 1h 25m
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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.

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CAST

Sterling Hayden
Johnny Clay
Coleen Gray
Fay
Vince Edwards
Val Cannon
Jay C. Flippen
Marvin Unger
Ted de Corsia
Patrolman Randy Kennan
Marie Windsor
Sherry Peatty
Elisha Cook Jr.
George Peatty
Joe Sawyer
Mike O'Reilly
Directed by Stanley Kubrick

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$320,000
Revenue
—
Production
United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions
Country
US

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