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'The Killing' (1956)

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Marc Myers
Jan 05, 2023
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Director Stanley Kubrick's second feature film was The Killing. Released in 1956, the film noir—also written by Kubrick—stars Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay, Coleen Gray as Fay, Vince Edwards as Val Cannon, Jay C. Flippen as Marvin Unger, Elisha Cook Jr. as George Peatty and Marie Windsor as Sherry Peatty.


Shot in Los Angeles, the film centers on a racet…

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