The Killing

About 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.

The Killing (1956) is a crime thriller film directed by Stanley Kubrick. At 85 minutes long, it arrived in June 1956.

Sterling Hayden takes the lead as Johnny Clay, Coleen Gray as Fay, Vince Edwards as Val Cannon, and Jay C. Flippen as Marvin Unger. Written by Stanley Kubrick. It was produced by Harris-Kubrick Productions.

Members will find corruption, film noir, adultery, and marriage crisis in it. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and MUBI.

Heat, Casablanca, and Revolutionary Road make useful companions to The Killing, all filed under gangster, heist, and robbery. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 1,775 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.