The Killing
The Killing
Release: 1956-06-06
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 7.7
Crime
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
United Artists
Harris-Kubrick Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Marie Windsor
as Sherry Peatty
Charles Cane
as Plainclothesman at Airport
Franklyn Farnum
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Coleen Gray
as Fay
Vince Edwards
as Val Cannon
Elisha Cook Jr.
as George Peatty
James Griffith
as Mr. Grimes
Joe Turkel
as Tiny
Ted de Corsia
as Randy Kennan
John George
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)
Timothy Carey
as Nikki Arcane
Dorothy Adams
as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
Harvey Parry
as Bartender (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Mike O'Reilly
Tito Vuolo
as Joe Piano - motel manager
Herbert Ellis
as 2nd American Airlines Clerk
Carl M. Leviness
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jay Adler
as Leo the Loanshark
Steve Mitchell
as Brown - American Airlines Clerk
Harry Hines
as Chess Player (uncredited)
Sterling Hayden
as Johnny Clay
Jay C. Flippen
as Marvin Unger
James Edwards
as Track Parking Attendant
William Benedict
as American Airlines Clerk
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
as Plainclothesman at Airport
Frank Richards
as Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)