The Killing

1956 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 101,238 VOTES · DIR. Stanley Kubrick

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Overview

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Dialogue Timeline — 927 lines

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00:01:58 (PA) Lucky Arrow breaking on top. Purple Shadow is second.
00:05:18 What's the use of kicking, Leo? You wouldn't believe it anyway.
00:07:57 Those five years you been away, I know they must have been terrible for you.
00:11:05 Sherry, can't I say anything at all without you joking about it?
00:13:37 I'm gonna have it. Hundreds of thousands.
00:16:03 - Val, I called you last night. - Oh, yeah?
00:18:26 George may be very rich very soon.
00:21:11 That includes profits on pari-mutuel betting, breakage money
00:24:47 You wanna keep it there or carry it around in your hands?
00:27:15 I was making an alibi for you. I was afraid those guys'd kill you.
00:30:04 - How long have you been out? - Not long.
00:32:38 Very well, Johnny. I sense there will be certain details to work out.
00:35:42 Alcatraz. We roomed together. My name...
00:38:58 - But George, how can you...? - I mean it, Sherry. I'm gettin' fed up.
00:41:49 and I don't even know if I have the right, but...
00:45:58 I know. I know, dear.
00:50:25 (narrator) After the first race, Mike was very busy.
00:54:00 The horses are now on the track for the seventh race
00:59:25 If I think of anything, I'll give you a yell.
01:02:49 (PA) Your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
01:07:50 concerning the spill of Red Lightning in the seventh race.
01:12:24 Why ain't he here? Everything runs on a timetable till it comes to payin' us.
01:17:43 Not a real husband.
01:21:02 Thank you, sir. I'm sure you'll find the service to your satisfaction.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed927
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:01:58
Final line01:21:02

Production Record

DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Budget$320,000
IMDb votes101,238