Film

The Killing

1956 · 1h 25m · Crime · Thriller · Drama

In all its fury and violence...

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

91

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.

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo

Joe Piano - motel manager

Dorothy Adams

Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis

2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith

Mr. Grimes

• Stanley KubrickScreenplay · Director
• Jim ThompsonWriter
• Lionel WhiteNovel
• James B. HarrisProducer
• Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
• Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer
• Betty SteinbergEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

June 6, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Budget

$320,000

Genres

Crime, Thriller, Drama

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