The Killing (film)

The Killing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStanley Kubrick
Screenplay byStanley Kubrick
Dialogue byJim Thompson
Based onClean Break
by Lionel White
Produced byJames B. Harris
Starring
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byBetty Steinberg
Music byGerald Fried
Production
company
Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 19, 1956 (1956-05-19) (New York City)[1]
Running time
84 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$320,000[3]

The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris.[4] It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on Lionel White's novel Clean Break. It stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards, and features Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Jay C. Flippen and Timothy Carey.[1]

  1. ^ a b The Killing at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ^ "The Killing".
  3. ^ Stafford, Jeff. "The Killing". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ^ "The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time". Paste. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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