The Killing

The Killing
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick,
Lionel White (the novel Clean Break)
Starring Sterling Hayden,
Coleen Gray,
Vince Edwards,
Jay C. Flippen,
Elisha Cook Jr.,
Marie Windsor
Produced by James B. Harris
Distributed by United Artists
Release date 20 May, 1956 (premiere)
Runtime 83 min.
Language English
Budget $320,000
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The Killing (1956) is a film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The film noir depicts the efforts of Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) and an assembled team to rob a racetrack. The use of non-linear chronology and multiple points of view influenced many later filmmakers, such as Quentin Tarantino.

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See also: The Killing, 1956, 20 May, A Clockwork Orange (film), Barry Lyndon