The Killing (1956)
In all its fury and violence...
84 min
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.
- Release date
- June 6, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $320,000
Trailer
Cast
- Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay
- Coleen Gray as Fay
- Vince Edwards as Val Cannon
- Jay C. Flippen as Marvin Unger
- Ted de Corsia as Patrolman Randy Kennan
- Marie Windsor as Sherry Peatty
- Elisha Cook Jr. as George Peatty
- Joe Sawyer as Mike O'Reilly
- James Edwards as Track Parking Attendant
- Timothy Carey as Nikki Arcane
Crew
- Stanley Kubrick · Director
- Stanley Kubrick · Writer
- Jim Thompson · Writer
- Lionel White · Writer
- James B. Harris · Producer
- Gerald Fried · Composer
- Lucien Ballard · Cinematographer
- Betty Steinberg · Editor