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The Killing

7.6/10

Rating

85 min

Runtime

1956

Release Year

Stanley Kubrick

Director

Cast

Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia

Quick Synopsis

Johnny Clay, a career criminal planning to leave his life of crime behind and get married, assembles a team for one final heist targeting a racetrack. His group includes a skilled sharpshooter, a corrupt police officer, a bartender, and George, a betting teller who works at the racetrack. However, the plan becomes complicated when George confides in his restless wife about the scheme, prompting her to come up with her own plan that could jeopardize the entire operation.

Detailed Synopsis of 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 he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

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