The Killing

1956 85 min Crime, Thriller, Drama

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.

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IMDb 7.9 RT 96 Metacritic 91

budget $320,000

director Stanley Kubrick

writers Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson

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