The Killing

The Killing is a 1956 film noir produced by James B. Harris and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The drama features Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards and Elisha Cook Jr. Johnny Clay is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay . He plans to rob two million dollars from the money counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. He assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop , a betting window teller to give access to the backroom, a sharpshooter to... shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar and a track bartender . The betting window teller George Peatty, tells his wife Sherry , about the impending robbery. Sherry is bitter at George for not delivering on the promises of wealth he made her at the time of their marriage and George hopes that telling her about the robbery will placate and impress her.
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