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The Killing is a 1956 film noir based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White, directed by Stanley Kubrick, and starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards. The movie is about an ex-con who plans one last heist before getting married -- stealing $2 million from a San Francisco racetrack. This category is for sites relating to the film.

Subcategories

• Hayden, Sterling
• Kubrick, Stanley

Resources in This Category

• AllMovie: The Killing

  http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v27318
  Synopsis, review, credits, awards, and list of similar films.

• Drew's Script-O-Rama: The Killing

  http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/killers-kiss-script-transcript-kubrick.html
  Dialogue transcript of the film.

• DVD Times: The Killing

  http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5139
  Review of the DVD by Raphael Pour-Hashemi. Includes photographs.

• Film Noir of the Week: The Killing (1956)

  http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2005/12/killing-1956-12262005.html
  Review of the film. "It's one of those noirs you can watch over and over again and uncover fresh revelations in each viewing."

• Flixster: The Killing

  http://www.flixster.com/movie/the-killing
  Overview, rating, user reviews, photographs, and links

• IMDb: The Killing (1956)

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049406/
  Synopsis, full cast and crew, reviews, awards, quotations, trivia, bloopers, related films, merchandising information, photographs, message board, and links.

• Jabberwock: Notes on Stanley Kubrick's The Killing

  http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2009/01/notes-on-stanley-kubricks-killing.html
  Essay about the film by Jai Arjun Singh, with reader comments.

• Mooviees: The Killing

  http://www.mooviees.com/4482-the-killing/movie
  Reviews, DVD editions, photographs, quotations, trivia, plot synopsis, and links.

• On the 10th Anniversary of Kubrick’s Passing: "The Killing"

  http://globalcomment.com/2009/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-kubricks-passing-the-killing/
  Article by Mark Farnsworth [Global Comment].

• Rotten Tomatoes: The Killing

  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/killing/
  Collection of reviews.

• Scathing Reviews Bitchy People: A Bad Day at the Races

  http://www.pajiba.com/pajiba_blockbusters/the-killing.php
  Review and discussion by Drew Morton. Includes user comments.

• The Current: The Killing

  http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/800
  Essay by David Ehrenstein.

• The Kubrick Site: The Killing

  http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0016.html
  Review by Jules N. Binoculas. "...inspiring in its faithfulness to the concept of exhaustive reason and pure method as man's best defense against the caprice of an indifferent universe."

• The Spinning Image: The Killing

  http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=636
  Review by Daniel Auty. "...one of the most flat-out enjoyable films in his filmography."

• The Stop Button: The Killing

  http://www.thestopbutton.com/2009/03/24/killing-1956/
  Review of the film. "...it's such a beautifully made film--and it's near impossible to truly identify with any of the characters outside of enjoying their actions--it works."

• Turner Classic: The Killing (1956)

  http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17624/The-Killing/
  Synopsis, credits, production notes, original print information, related articles, user reviews, quotations, trivia, release details, and links.

• Wikipedia: The Killing

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing
  Plot overview, notes on the film's critical reception, and related links.

• WildSound: The Killing

  http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/the_killing.html
  Review by Mike Peters. "This film may not be as polished or visually decorative as his later films but Kubrick still manages to incorporate select sections of his vision within this film."

• Yahoo Movies: The Killing

  https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/the-killing
  Film overview and synopsis, credits, awards, reviews, and message board.

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