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The Killing (1956)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Crime | Film Noir | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, philipjablon, loganpm, tylermager

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.

Rated NR | Length 85 minutes

Actors

Sterling Hayden | Coleen Gray | Vince Edwards | Jay C. Flippen | Ted de Corsia | Marie Windsor | Elisha Cook Jr. | Joe Sawyer | James Edwards | Timothy Carey | Kola Kwariani | Jay Adler | Tito Vuolo | Dorothy Adams | Herb Ellis | James Griffith | Cecil Elliott | Joe Turkel | Steve Mitchell | Mary Carroll | William Benedict | Charles Cane | Robert Williams | Tom Coleman | Franklyn Farnum | John George | Art Gilmore | Kenner G. Kemp | Carl M. Leviness | Sol Gorss | Harry Hines | Hal J. Moore | Harvey Parry | Richard Reeves | Frank Richards | Arthur Tovey | Finn Zirzow | Oliver Cross | Charles Fogel | Rudy Germane

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Tipped by @TCMunderground I queued up Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) on NWI. Wow, this film is just amazing. Love seeing Elisha Cook Jr. getting a meaty role albeit still playing a poor schlep (Marie Windsor as his wife is super smoking). Really great crime drama with plenty of suspense as the group tries to pull off the heist of a lifetime in robbing the race track. Highly recommended watch!

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