The Killing

Synopsis

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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Cast

Sterling Hayden

Johnny Clay

Coleen Gray

Fay

Vince Edwards

Val Cannon

Jay C. Flippen

Marvin Unger

Ted de Corsia

Patrolman 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

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Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

Jay Adler

Leo the Loanshark

Tito Vuolo

Joe Piano

Dorothy Adams

Ruthie O'Reilly

Herbert Ellis

2nd American Airlines Clerk

James Griffith

Mr. Grimes

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Cecil Elliott

Lady with Small Dog

Joe Turkel

Tiny

Steve Mitchell

Brown

Mary Carroll

Woman Asking Kennan for Help

Crew

Art

• Harry Reif Set Decoration
• Bud Pine Construction Manager
• Christopher Ebsen Head Carpenter
• Robert L. Stephen Paint Coordinator
• Karl Brainard Assistant Set Decoration
• Ray Zambel Property Master
• Ruth Sobotka Art Direction

Camera

• Lucien Ballard Director of Photography
• Richard Towers Camera Operator
• Carl Gibson Key Grip
• Lou Cortese Best Boy Grip
• Robert Hosler Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Robert Littlefield Makeup Artist
• Jack Masters Wardrobe Master
• Rudy Harrington Wardrobe Master
• Lillian Shore Hairdresser
• Beaumelle Costume Designer
• Joan Joseff Other

Crew

• Dave Koehler Special Effects
• Fred Gabourie Stunts
• Don Turner Stunts
• Dave Lesser Transportation Coordinator
• Sol Gorss Stunts
• Gil Perkins Stunts
• Wally Rose Stunts
• Eddie Saenz Stunts
• Bob Morgan Stunts
• Harvey Parry Stunts

Directing

• Stanley Kubrick Director
• Milton Carter Assistant Director
• Mary Gibsone Script Supervisor
• Howard Joslin Second Assistant Director
• Paul Feiner Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Betty Steinberg Editor

Lighting

• Bobby Jones Gaffer

Production

• James B. Harris Producer
• Alexander Singer Associate Producer
• Clarence Eurist Production Supervisor
• Marguerite Olson Production Assistant
• Joyce Hartman Production Assistant

Sound

• Gerald Fried Original Music Composer
• Rex Lipton Sound Effects Editor
• Earl Snyder Sound
• Gilbert D. Marchant Music Editor
• Gerald Fried Conductor

Visual Effects

• Louis DeWitt Visual Effects
• Jack Rabin Visual Effects
• Paul Eagler Visual Effects Camera

Writing

• Lionel White Novel
• Stanley Kubrick Screenplay
• Jim Thompson Dialogue

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