The Killing is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1956 and based on the book Clean Break by Lionel White, first published in 1955. The movie features Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Marie Windsor, Ted de Corsia, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
Johnny Clay is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay. Johnny assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop, a betting window teller to gain access to the backroom, a sharpshooter to shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar, and a track bartender.
Movie vs Book
Year
1956
Minutes
84
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Killing
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Country: USA
Year: 1956
Length: 1h24m
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Year
1955
Pages
158
Book Rate
8.04
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Book
Clean Break
Author: Lionel White
Country: USA
First published in: 1955
Length: 158 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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