The Killing

The Killing

1956
1h 25m
7.6

7.6/10

1,693 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $320,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
United Artists Harris-Kubrick Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date June 6, 1956
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0049406

Cast

Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards
Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia
Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards
James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey
Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani
Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler
Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Key Crew

Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay
Stanley Kubrick
Director
James B. Harris
Producer
Jim Thompson
Writer