The Killing (1956)

06/06/1956 (US) • 1h 25m

Crime, Thriller

In all its fury and violence...

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$320,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

sniper

adultery

robbery

husband wife relationship

corruption

marriage crisis

gangster

ex-detainee

horse race

way of life

heist

femme fatale

film noir

bag of money

black and white

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