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The Killing

1956 • 1h25m Crime, Thriller

Rating

7.7/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Screenplay

Stanley Kubrick

Jim Thompson

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Coleen Gray

Vince Edwards

Release date

6/6/1956

Status

Released

Budget

$320,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

1646