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76% Critic Match
The Killing
“In all its fury and violence...”
7.6 / 10• 1956• 1h 25m•NR• 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
Johnny Clay
Lead
Coleen Gray
Fay
Vince Edwards
Val Cannon
Jay C. Flippen
Marvin Unger
Ted de Corsia
Patrolman Randy Kennan
Marie Windsor
Sherry Peatty
Elisha Cook Jr.
George Peatty
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.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Killing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
