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The Killing (1956) [NR]

Release Date:
June 6, 1956

Original Title:
The Killing

Alternate Titles:
Atraco perfecto
Casta de malditos
Det store gangsterkup
Ha-Hereg
L'ultime razzia
Mislukte opzet
O Grande Golpe
Tappo
Το χρήμα της οργής
킬링

Genres:
Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Harris-Kubrick Productions
United Artists

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 18  FR: U  GB: PG  NL: 12  SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 85

In all its fury and violence...

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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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Ruth Sobotka

Assistant Director:
Milton Carter

Assistant Set Decoration:
Karl Brainard

Associate Producer:
Alexander Singer

Best Boy Grip:
Lou Cortese

Camera Operator:
Richard Towers

Conductor:
Gerald Fried

Construction Manager:
Bud Pine

Director:
Stanley Kubrick

Director of Photography:
Lucien Ballard

Editor:
Betty Steinberg

Gaffer:
Bobby Jones

Hairdresser:
Lillian Shore

Head Carpenter:
Christopher Ebsen

Key Grip:
Carl Gibson

Makeup Artist:
Robert Littlefield

Music Editor:
Gilbert D. Marchant

Novel:
Lionel White

Original Music Composer:
Gerald Fried

Paint Coordinator:
Robert L. Stephen

Producer:
James B. Harris

Production Assistant:
Marguerite Olson
Joyce Hartman

Production Supervisor:
Clarence Eurist

Property Master:
Ray Zambel

Screenplay:
Stanley Kubrick

Script Supervisor:
Mary Gibsone

Second Assistant Camera:
Robert Hosler

Second Assistant Director:
Howard Joslin
Paul Feiner

Set Decoration:
Harry Reif

Sound:
Earl Snyder

Sound Effects Editor:
Rex Lipton

Special Effects:
Dave Koehler

Stunts:
Fred Gabourie
Don Turner

Transportation Coordinator:
Dave Lesser

Visual Effects:
Louis DeWitt
Jack Rabin

Visual Effects Camera:
Paul Eagler

Wardrobe Master:
Jack Masters
Rudy Harrington

Writer:
Jim Thompson

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