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The Killing is a american film of genre Drama directed by Stanley Kubrick released in USA on 6 june 1956 with Sterling Hayden
The Killing (1956)
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Add to a movie listThe Killing is a 1956 film noir produced by James B. Harris and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The drama features Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Marie Windsor, and Elisha Cook Jr.
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Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Coleen Gray). He plans to steal $2 million from the money-counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. He assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop (Ted de Corsia), a betting window teller (Elisha Cook Jr.) to gain access to the backroom, a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey) to shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler (Kola Kwariani) to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar, and a track bartender (Joe Sawyer).Actors
Sterling Hayden
(Johnny Clay)
Coleen Gray
(Fay)
Vince Edwards
(Val Cannon)
Jay C. Flippen
(Marvin Unger)
Elisha Cook, Jr.
(George Peatty)
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