ApprovedThe Killing

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Play Time: 85 mins
Crime, Thriller
The Killing

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.

Status: Released (1956-06-06)
Awards:Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
Screen:Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Lionel White
Productions: United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
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John Chard

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This is a bad joke without a punch line. The Killing is directed by Stanley Kubrick who co-adapts to screenplay with Jim Thompson from the novel Clean Break written by Lionel White. It stars Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen and Coleen G ....

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CinemaSerf

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Though it's Sterling Hayden who takes top billing here, it's actually Marie Windsor who steals the show as "Sherry". She is the rather money-grabbing, bullying, wife of "George" (Elisha Cook Jr). Now he works in the cashier's office at the local racetrack where "Mike" (Joe Sawyer) wo ....

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