The Killing (1956)

7.6/10 85 min Crime Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

Randy Kennan

Marie Windsor

Sherry Peatty

Elisha Cook Jr.

George Peatty

Joe Sawyer

Mike O'Reilly

James Edwards

Track Parking Attendant

Timothy Carey

Nikki Arcane

Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo

Joe Piano - motel manager

Dorothy Adams

Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis

2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith

Mr. Grimes

Joe Turkel

Tiny

Steve Mitchell

Brown - American Airlines Clerk

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