The Killing
1956 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Based on Lionel White's crime novel 'Clean Break'. Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is an ex-con with a plan to steal $2 million from a San Francisco racetrack. He assembles an odd collection of tough guys and moles to participate in the heist. But just as there is no such thing as the perfect murder, there is no such thing as the perfect crime.
Direction Stanley Kubrick
Cast Sterling Hayden · Coleen Gray · Vince Edwards · Jay C. Flippen · Marie Windsor · Ted de Corsia · Elisha Cook Jr. · Joe Sawyer · Timothy Carey · Jay Adler · Joe Turkel · Kola Kwariani · James Edwards · Tito Vuolo · Cecil Elliott · Dorothy Adams · Herbert Ellis · Mary Carroll
Soundtrack Gerald Fried
Screenplay Stanley Kubrick · Lionel White · Jim Thompson
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Original title The Killing
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25K votes (FilmAffinity)
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