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The Killing

The Killing

7,6 /10 (1,739 Votes)
1956 EN 85 min

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.

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Release date

06/06/1956

Votes

1,739

Popularity

4.4

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

85 min

Budget

$320,000

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

Patrolman 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

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Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo

Tito Vuolo

Joe Piano

Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams

Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis

Herbert Ellis

2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith

James Griffith

Mr. Grimes

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Cecil Elliott

Lady with Small Dog

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Tiny

Steve Mitchell

Steve Mitchell

Brown

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Mary Carroll

Woman Asking Kennan for Help

William Benedict

William Benedict

American Airlines Clerk

Charles Cane

Charles Cane

Plainclothesman at Airport

Robert B. Williams

Robert B. Williams

Plainclothesman at Airport

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Tom Coleman

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

John George

John George

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Kenner G. Kemp

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Sol Gorss

Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited)

Harry Hines

Harry Hines

Chess Player (uncredited)

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Hal J. Moore

Race Track P.A. Announcer (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Harvey Parry

Bartender (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves

Bill (uncredited)

Frank Richards

Frank Richards

Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Arthur Tovey

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Race Track Worker (uncredited)

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Rudy Germane

Track Officer (uncredited)

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Fred Carson

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Gordon Carveth

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Richard Dale Clark

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield

Onlooker (uncredited)

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George DeNormand

Commuter (uncredited)

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Bennie Goldberg

Commuter (uncredited)

John Hudkins

John Hudkins

Track Guard (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Michael Jeffers

Checkers Player (uncredited)

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Perk Lazelle

Clerk (uncredited)

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King Lockwood

Clerk (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Alan Marston

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Leoda Richards

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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John Roy

Commuter (uncredited)

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Jack Stoney

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Jack Tornek

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Fred Walton

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-03-14

⭐ 8

This is a bad joke without a punch line. The Killing is directed by Stanley Kubrick who co-adapts to screenplay with Jim Thompson from the novel Clean Break written by Lionel White. It stars Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen and Coleen Gray. Music is by Gerald Fried and cinematography by Lucien Ballard. Ex-con Johnny Clay (Hayden) has a plan to make a killing at the racetrack, with some special inside help he plots to nab $2 million in an intricate robbery. It looks a good thing, the right people are in place, but there's a potential spanner i…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-06-20

⭐ 7

Though it's Sterling Hayden who takes top billing here, it's actually Marie Windsor who steals the show as "Sherry". She is the rather money-grabbing, bullying, wife of "George" (Elisha Cook Jr). Now he works in the cashier's office at the local racetrack where "Mike" (Joe Sawyer) works behind the bar. These two are to be lynch pins in a daring plan to rob the place of two million dollars as it's feature race brings in the punters. Ex-con "Johnny" (Hayden) is the brains behind the scheme that also includes a bent cop "Randy" (Ted de Corsia), marksman "Nikki" (Timothy Carey) and financier "Unge…

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