The Killing (1956 film)

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The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.

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The Killing (1956 film) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
heist film ⓘ
basedOn Clean Break ⓘ
novel by Lionel White ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Coleen Gray ⓘ
Elisha Cook Jr. ⓘ
Jay C. Flippen ⓘ
Joe Sawyer ⓘ
Kola Kwariani ⓘ
Marie Windsor ⓘ
Sterling Hayden ⓘ
Ted de Corsia ⓘ
Timothy Carey ⓘ
Vince Edwards ⓘ
cinematographer Lucien Ballard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Betty Steinberg ⓘ
follows meticulously planned racetrack robbery ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
heist film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasInfluenced later heist films ⓘ
mainCharacter Johnny Clay ⓘ
motionPictureRatingSystem unrated at original release ⓘ
musicBy Gerald Fried ⓘ
narrationBy Art Gilmore ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear timeline ⓘ
notableFor early major directorial work of Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Stanley Kubrick filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A group of criminals plan and execute a racetrack heist that ultimately unravels. ⓘ
portrayedBy Sterling Hayden ⓘ
producer James B. Harris ⓘ
publicationDate 1956 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
runtime approximately 85 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Jim Thompson ⓘ
Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
setting horse racetrack ⓘ
studio Harris-Kubrick Pictures ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
fate and inevitability ⓘ
greed ⓘ

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Johnny Clay → appearsIn → The Killing (1956 film) ⓘ
Lionel White → workAdaptedInto → The Killing (1956 film) ⓘ
Dorothy Adams → notableWork → The Killing (1956 film) ⓘ