The Killing

The Killing is a 1956 film noir directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Although initially met with very poor box office results, The Killing has gained a cult following over time, and was placed number 15 in a list of Top 25 Film Noirs. A number of critics also placed it in their year-end lists of the best 1956 films.
==Plot==
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, police officer, bartender, and a betting teller named George for one last job before getting married to his fiancee, Fay. But George tells his wife, Sherry, about his scheme to steal money from a racetrack where he works, and she makes a plot of her own.
==Cast==
Category:Films directed by Stanley Kubrick
Category:1956 films
Category:Films
Category:English-language films
Category:American films
Category:American crime films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Film noir
Category:1950s films