Film

The Killing 1956

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

  • Crime, Thriller, Drama
  • 85 min
  • NR

In all its fury and violence...

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.

CrimeThrillerDramasniperadulteryrobberyhusband wife relationshipcorruptionmarriage crisisgangsterex-detaineehorse raceway of lifeheistfemme fatale

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  • Bleak ending

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