The Killing
“In all its fury and violence...”
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick's early breakthrough 'The Killing' is a lean, razor-sharp heist noir following an ex-con, played by Sterling Hayden, who assembles a crew to rob a racetrack during a big race. Told through a fractured, overlapping timeline that revisits the day from each participant's angle, it showcases Kubrick's precocious command of structure and tension. The plan's unraveling builds to a coldly ironic finish. A landmark of the caper genre, it announced a major filmmaker and influenced generations of heist movies to come.
Release
Jun 6, 1956
Budget
$320K
Country
United States of America
Revenue
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Cast
Sterling Hayden
Johnny Clay
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
James Edwards
Track Parking Attendant
Timothy Carey
Nikki Arcane
Jay Adler
Leo the Loanshark
Tito Vuolo
Joe Piano
Dorothy Adams
Ruthie O'Reilly
Herbert Ellis
2nd American Airlines Clerk
James Griffith
Mr. Grimes
Joe Turkel
Tiny
Steve Mitchell
Brown
William Benedict
American Airlines Clerk
Charles Cane
Plainclothesman at Airport
Robert B. Williams
Plainclothesman at Airport
Franklyn Farnum
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
John George
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited)
Rodney Dangerfield
Onlooker (uncredited)
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