THE KILLING (1956)

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The Killing
In all its fury and violence...
Crime, Thriller
June 6, 1956
English
1h 25m
United States
United Artists
$320,000
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 & Characters
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
Cecil Elliott
Lady with Small Dog
Joe Turkel
Tiny
Steve Mitchell
Brown - American Airlines Clerk
Mary Carroll
Woman Asking Kennan for Help
William Benedict
American Airlines Clerk
Charles Cane
Plainclothesman at Airport
Robert B. Williams
Plainclothesman at Airport
Tom Coleman
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Jim Thompson
Writer
Lionel White
Novel
Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay
Gerald Fried
Original Music Composer
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
James B. Harris
Producer