The Killing
06/06/1956
1h 25m

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.
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
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
Cecil Elliott
Lady with Small Dog


Joe Turkel
Tiny


Steve Mitchell
Brown
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 (voice) (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 (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)
Fred Carson
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)


Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Richard Dale Clark
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)


Rodney Dangerfield
Onlooker (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Commuter (uncredited)
Bennie Goldberg
Commuter (uncredited)


John Hudkins
Track Guard (uncredited)


Michael Jeffers
Checkers Player (uncredited)
Perk Lazelle
Clerk (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Alan Marston
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)


Leoda Richards
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
John Roy
Commuter (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)


Jack Tornek
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Racetrack Cashier (uncredited)
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