Three Reasons: The Killing
August 25, 2011
Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core.
| Johnny Clay | Sterling Hayden |
| Fay | Coleen Gray |
| Val Cannon | Vince Edwards |
| Marvin Unger | Jay C. Flippen |
| Policeman Randy Kennan | Ted DeCorsia |
| Sherry Peatty | Marie Windsor |
| George Peatty | Elisha Cook |
| Mike O'Reilly | Joe Sawyer |
| Track parking attendant | James Edwards |
| Nikki Arcane | Timothy Carey |
| Maurice Oboukhoff | Kola Kwariani |
| Leo, the loan shark | Jay Adler |
| Joe Piano | Tito Vuolo |
| Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly | Dorothy Adams |
| Second American Airlines clerk | Herbert Ellis |
| Mr. Grimes, airline supervisor | James Griffith |
| Lady with small dog | Cecil Elliott |
| Tiny | Joseph Turkel |
| Brown | Steve Mitchell |
| American Airlines clerk | William Benedict |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Producer | James B. Harris |
| Screenplay | Stanley Kubrick |
| Dialogue | Jim Thompson |
| Based on the novel Clean Break by | Lionel White |
| Director of photography | Lucien Ballard |
| Art director | Roth Sobotka |
| Editing | Betty Steinberg |
| Music composed and conducted by | Gerald Fried |
| Assistant director | Milton Carter |
| Associate producer | Alexander Singer |
| Camera operator | Dick Tower |
| Gaffer | Bobby Jones |
| Head grip | Carl Gibson |
| Script supervisor | Mary Gibsone |
| Sound | Earl Snyder |
| Makeup | Robert Littlefield |
| Wardrobe | Jack Masters |
| Special effects | Dave Koehler |
| Set decorator | Harry Reif |
| Photographic effects | Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt |
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