"Celebrated as Stanley Kubrick’s first mature film and made when he was only twenty-eight years old, The Killing (1956) is remarkable for boldly announcing so many of the stylistic and thematic preoccupations that would become important constants of his cinema. The film’s dark, unrelenting irony and complexly fractured narrative immediately distinguished it from his previous work and revealed the posture of the willfully, often provocatively, “difficult” director that he would cultivate throughout his career."

"You know Fay, the biggest mistake I made before was shooting for peanuts. Five years have taught me one thing, if nothing else: Anytime you take a chance, you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk. Because they could put you away just as fast for a $10 heist as they can for a million dollar job."

"Sterling Hayden - Johnny Clay"

"Coleen Gray - Fay"

"Jay Adler - Leo the Loanshark"

"Dorothy Adams - Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly"

"Kola Kwariani - Maurice Oboukhoff"

"Joe Sawyer - Mike O'Reilly"

"Ted de Corsia - Policeman Randy Kennan"

"James Edwards - track parking attendant"

"Timothy Carey - Nikki Arane"

"Marie Windsor - Sherry Peatty"

"Joe Turkel - Tiny"

"Vince Edwards - Val Cannon"

"Jay C. Flippen - Marvin Unger"

"Elisha Cook Jr. - George Peatty"

"Lee Morgan — Smitty"

"Fred Kohler Jr. — Kenton"

"Gordon Mills — John Holder"

"Claudio Brook — James Boone"

"Eduardo Noriega — Squire Boone"

"Freddy Fernández — Israel Boone"

"Nancy Rodman — Susannah Boone"

"Carol Kelly — Jamima Boone"

"Joe Ainley — Gen. Hamilton"

"Lon Chaney Jr. — Blackfish"

"Faron Young — Faron Callaway"

"Kem Dibbs as Simon Girty"

"Damian O'Flynn — Andy Callaway"

"Bruce Bennett — Daniel Boone"

"Jacqueline Evans — Rebecca Boone"

"Conquer of the Savage Frontier!"

"Hayden Rorke — Dr. Andrew Nordell"

"Russ Tamblyn — Tommy Banks"

"Tom Irish — Ben Banks"

"Paul Harvey — Reverend Galsworthy"

"Billie Burke — Doris Dunstan"

"Don Taylor — Buckley Dunstan"

"Moroni Olsen — Herbert Dunstan"

"Elizabeth Taylor — Kay Dunstan"

"Spencer Tracy — Stanley T. Banks"

"Richard Rober — Police Sergeant"

"Joan Bennett — Ellie Banks"

"Marietta Canty — Delilah"

"Kay (daughter)"

"Buckley Dunstan (son-in-law)"

"Tommy (son)"

"Ellie (wife)"

"Tom Irish — Ben Banks"

"Paul Harvey — Reverend Galsworthy"