The Killing (1956)

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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

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

Kola Kwariani

Maurice Oboukhoff

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

Cecil Elliott

Lady with Small Dog

Joe Turkel

Tiny

Steve Mitchell

Brown - American Airlines Clerk

Mary Carroll

Woman Asking Kennan for Help

William Benedict

American Airlines Clerk

Charles Cane

Plainclothesman at Airport

Robert B. Williams

Plainclothesman at Airport

Tom Coleman

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

John George

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

Narrator (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited)

Harry Hines

Chess Player (uncredited)

Hal J. Moore

Race Track P.A. Announcer (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Bartender (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Bill - Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

Frank Richards

Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Race Track Worker (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Track Officer (uncredited)

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