
The Killing
In all its fury and violence...
7.6(1,739) 1956-06-06 85 minCrimeThrillerDrama
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.
DirectorStanley Kubrick
ScreenplayStanley Kubrick
ProducerJames B. Harris
Original Music ComposerGerald Fried
Cast & characters

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
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Kola Kwariani
as Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler
as Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo
as Joe Piano

Dorothy Adams
as Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis
as 2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith
as Mr. Grimes
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Cecil Elliott
as Lady with Small Dog

Joe Turkel
as Tiny

Steve Mitchell
as Brown
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Mary Carroll
as Woman Asking Kennan for Help

William Benedict
as American Airlines Clerk

Charles Cane
as Plainclothesman at Airport

Robert B. Williams
as Plainclothesman at Airport
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Tom Coleman
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)












