The Killing
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76% Critic Match

The Killing

In all its fury and violence...

7.6 / 10 1956 1h 25mNR English
CrimeThrillerDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Lead
Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards

Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kubrick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Killing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker