The Killing

The Killing is a crime thriller film that follows the story of Johnny Clay, a career criminal who plans to pull off one last heist before settling down with his love interest, Fay. Johnny assembles a team of unsuspecting partners, including a corrupt cop, a betting window teller, a sharpshooter, a wrestler, and a track bartender, to rob the money-counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. However, things don't go as planned when George Peatty, the teller, shares the details of the heist with his wife, Sherry, who then enlists her lover to steal the money from George and his associates. The heist is successful, but a shootout ensues among the conspirators, leaving George badly wounded. He returns home and shoots Sherry before collapsing. Johnny arrives at the scene and knows something has gone wrong. He struggles to stuff all the money into a large suitcase but is forced to check it as regular luggage at the airport. However, when the suitcase falls off the baggage cart and breaks open on the runway due to swerving to avoid a dog, Johnny and Fay are unable to escape the police and are arrested. The film explores themes of betrayal and the consequences of criminal behavior in a tense, suspenseful manner that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Killing include Nightfall, The Night of the Hunter, Strangers on a Train, Victim, Death of a Cyclist, Hell Drivers.

The Killing was released in theaters on June 6, 1956.