The Killing

The Killing

85 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | June 6, 1956

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.

The Killing

85 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | June 6, 1956

The Killing
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions
Original title The Killing
Directors Paul Feiner, Mary Gibsone, Milton Carter, Howard Joslin, Stanley Kubrick
Writers Jim Thompson, Lionel White, Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Sterling Hayden

as Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray

as Fay

Vince Edwards

as Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

as Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

as Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor

as Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.

as George Peatty

Joe Sawyer

as Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards

as Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey

as Nikki Arcane

Kola Kwariani

as Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler

as Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo

as Joe Piano - motel manager

Dorothy Adams

as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis

as 2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith

as Mr. Grimes

Cecil Elliott

as Lady with Small Dog

Joe Turkel

as Tiny

Steve Mitchell

as Brown - American Airlines Clerk

Mary Carroll

as Woman Asking Kennan for Help

William Benedict

as American Airlines Clerk

Charles Cane

as Plainclothesman at Airport

Robert B. Williams

as Plainclothesman at Airport

Tom Coleman

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Rodney Dangerfield

as Onlooker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

John George

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

as Narrator (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

as Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited)

Harry Hines

as Chess Player (uncredited)

Hal J. Moore

as Race Track P.A. Announcer (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

as Bartender (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

as Bill - Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

Frank Richards

as Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)