The Killing
The Killing

The Killing

In all its fury and violence...

7.7(1,626 votes)
1956
1h 25m
Crime
Thriller

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.

Production

United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

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

James Edwards

James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey

Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

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