The Killing (1956)

1956 · Feature film · 83 min · dir. Stanley Kubrick

In all its fury and violence...

• Drama
• film noir
• Action

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Writer

Lionel White

Composer

Gerald Fried

Cinematography

Lucien Ballard

Studio

United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions

Released

1956-06-06

Running time

83 minutes

Cast & crew

• Stanley Kubrick Director
• Dorothy Adams
• Vince Edwards
• James Griffith
• Joe Turkel
• Jay Adler
• Art Gilmore
• Marie Windsor
• Tito Vuolo

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