Killing, The

Killing, The

1956

Career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) recruits a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey), a crooked police officer (Ted de Corsia), a bartender (Joe Sawyer) and a betting teller named George (Elisha Cook Jr.), among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay (Coleen Gray). But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry (Marie Windsor), about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

These 5 Men Had a $2,000,000 Secret Until One of them told this Woman!

JBscale

92

Superior

Film Detail

Genre

Crime - Thriller

Length

2 hrs. 32 mins.

US Theatrical Release

June 6, 1956

US Box Office

No Data Available

Global Office

No Data Available

Rating

NR

Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method

Single Disc Criterion Collection #575 & Digital

Aquired Format

iTunes

Aspect Ratio

WS 1.66:1

Audio

English: PCM Mono

Studio

Criterion

Released

August 16, 2011

Acquired Date

May 7, 2015

Times Seen

0 Times

Last Watched

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Actors

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Vince Edwards

Vince Edwards

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Ted de Corsia

Ted de Corsia

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Directors

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Producers

James B. Harris

James B. Harris

Writers

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Awards & Accolades

2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #196

Special Features

Other

James B. Harris
Polito on Thompson
Sterling Hayden

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users

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RT Fresh

96%

Tomatometer

46 votes

RT Fresh Certified

92%

Popcornmeter

1,285 votes

METASCORE

91

15 votes

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

100,700 votes

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