The Killing

7.6 1956 Stanley Kubrick 1h 25m
Crime Thriller
The Killing

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 h

Cast

Sterling Hayden Sterling Hayden Johnny Clay
Coleen Gray Coleen Gray Fay
Vince Edwards Vince Edwards Val Cannon
Jay C. Flippen Jay C. Flippen Marvin Unger
Ted de Corsia Ted de Corsia Randy Kennan
Marie Windsor Marie Windsor Sherry Peatty
Elisha Cook Jr. Elisha Cook Jr. George Peatty
Joe Sawyer Joe Sawyer Mike O'Reilly

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Killing

Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Heists told out of order. Two films that shatter chronology to show that the plan was always going to fall apart.

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