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Aniket Shukla @aniket11
Oct 13, 2026
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Kubrick enduringly sets his own creative standards in this brilliantly dark thriller - slightly worn with age, but it's still one to watch.
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19561h 25mDir. Stanley Kubrick
The Killing
“In all its fury and violence...”
CrimeThrillerDrama
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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.
Starring:Sterling Hayden,Coleen Gray,Vince Edwards,Jay C. Flippen,Ted de Corsia
Featured Cast
(12 actors)
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
K
Kola Kwariani
Maurice Oboukhoff
Jay Adler
Leo the Loanshark
Key Production Crew
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay & Writers
Lionel White, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Original Score
Gerald Fried
Producers
James B. Harris
Film Details
Budget$320,000
Original Languageen
Production Studios
United ArtistsHarris-Kubrick Productions
Keywords & Themes
#sniper#adultery#robbery#husband wife relationship#corruption#marriage crisis#gangster#ex-detainee#horse race#way of life