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The Killing

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Stanley Kubrick 's thriller opens a late-night double bill of the director's early work.
Starring Sterling Hayden
Jay C Flippen
Ex-convict Johnny Clay devises a daring plan to steal$2 million from a heavily-guarded racetrack. The gang he assembles to make "the killing" includes the track cashier, a crooked cop, a bartender, a reformed alcoholic and a hired gunman.
(1956) B/W Subtitled .................... ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 69-74

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Kubrick
Unknown:
Sterling Hayden
Unknown:
Jay C Flippen
Unknown:
Johnny Clay
Johnny Clay:
Sterling Hayden
Marvin Unger:
Jay C Flippen
Sherry Peatty:
Marie Windsor
George Peatty:
Elisha Cookjr
Fay:
Coleen Gray
Val Cannon:
Vince Edwards
Randy Kennan:
Ted de Corsia
Mike O'Reilly:
Joe Sawyer
Nikki:
Timothy Carey
Maurice:
Kola Kwarian
Source: Radio Times

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