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The Killing (1956) is the second feature length film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson, based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The drama features Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards and Elisha Cook Jr.. Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Colleen Gray). He assembles a team and masterminds a racetrack robbery that, in the end, goes very wrong. Cast notes: Film noir... full article at wikipedia
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  • May 20, 1956
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  • ...Like No Other Picture Since "Scarface" and "Little Caesar"!
  • In All Its Fury and Violence.
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  • 83.0min
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  • 320,000.0
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Last edited by bobbyrullo 4 days ago
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