The Killing (1956)

In all its fury and violence...

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.

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Written by: Lionel White, Stanley Kubrick

Music by: Gerald Fried

Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Released: 1956-06-06

Runtime: 85 minutes

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