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      • The Killing is a classic 1950s heist film and the first major film from director Stanley Kubrick. The film stars Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay, the mastermind of a plan to steal $2 million from a racetrack.
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  2. [ 1 ] Plot. [edit] Johnny Clay, a career criminal recently released from prison, plans the heist of a horse racetrack, with an estimated take of two million dollars.

  3. The Killing: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen. Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

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    • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • 1956-06-06
  4. May 13, 2024 · The Killing's nonlinear structure was groundbreaking for heist films, showcasing the anatomy of a robbery.

    • Thomas Butt
    • Sterling Hayden
    • Stanley Kubrick
  5. The Killing (1956) is a stylish but stark film noir crime drama, and the definitive heist-caper movie - a story of greed and infidelity. The classic, dark-edged black and white film was 28 year-old writer/director Stanley Kubrick's third film - and first successful one, although highly under-rated when released.

  6. The Killing. 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...

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    • Sterling Hayden
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • Crime, Drama
  7. Stanley Kubrick’s labyrinthine 1956 heist flick The Killing—an exploded rethink of John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle and eventual template for the narrative convolutions of Reservoir Dog—became an instant facet in the jewel that was film noir,…

  8. The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on Lionel White's novel Clean Break.