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1956

1 hr 25 min

The Killing

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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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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 ... read more

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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 Sterli... read more

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Cast
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Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

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Coleen Gray

Fay

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Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

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Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

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Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

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Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

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Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

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Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

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James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

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Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

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Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

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Tito Vuolo

Joe Piano - motel manager

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Dorothy Adams

Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

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Herbert Ellis

2nd American Airlines Clerk

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James Griffith

Mr. Grimes

Cecil Elliott

Lady with Small Dog

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Joe Turkel

Tiny

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Steve Mitchell

Brown - American Airlines Clerk

Mary Carroll

Woman Asking Kennan for Help

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William Benedict

American Airlines Clerk

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Charles Cane

Plainclothesman at Airport

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Robert B. Williams

Plainclothesman at Airport

Tom Coleman

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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John George

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Art Gilmore

Narrator (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Carl M. Leviness

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

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Harry Hines

Chess Player (uncredited)

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Harvey Parry

Bartender (uncredited)

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Richard Reeves

Bill - Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

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Frank Richards

Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

Man at Airport (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Race Track Worker (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Track Officer (uncredited)

Director
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Stanley Kubrick

Director

Milton Carter

Assistant Director

Howard Joslin

Second Assistant Director

Paul Feiner

Second Assistant Director

Mary Gibsone

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Creator
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Stanley Kubrick

Screenplay

Lionel White

Novel

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Jim Thompson

Writer

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