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The Killing (1956)

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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.

Cast & Crew

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

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  • marriage crisis
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  • ex-detainee
  • horse race
  • way of life
  • heist
  • femme fatale
  • film noir
  • bag of money
  • black and white