''The Killing'' is a 1956 {{Film Noir}} by {{Stanley Kubrick}} that follows the last heist of career criminal Johnny Clay. With 2 million dollars at stake in the racetrack counting room Clay sets up an elaborate plan to get the money and get everyone involved their share. At the time of the heist the film splits off to show the perspective of every character involved in the heist.

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!!'''Provides examples of:'''
* AntiHero: Johnny Clay
* TheBartender: Mike O'Reilly
* TheCaper: The robbing of a racetrack counting room.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Especially prominent in scenes with George Peatty.
* DirtyCop: Randy Kennan
* FilmNoir: [[StanleyKubrick Stankley Kubrick's]] take.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on the novel ''Clean Break'' by Lionel White.
* GeniusBruiser: Maurice Oboukhoff, played by professional wrestler Kola Kwariani, spends his time playing chess when he isn't holding his own against 6 or mooks.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Elisha Cook Junior at his most Ineffectually Symapthetically Villainous.
* LoanShark: Policeman Randy Kennan's reason for joining the caper.
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: Johnny Clay wears a clown mask and hat at the climax of the caper.
* {{Narrator}}
* [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]]: Everyone involved in the caper except Johnny Clay.
-->"None of these men are criminals in the usual sense. They've all got jobs, they all live seemingly normal, decent lives. But they've got their problems and they've all got a little larceny in them." - Johnny Clay
* SenselessViolins: Johnny gets a gun into a motel room by hiding it in a guitar case.
* SimultaneousArcs: During the heist.
* StarMakingRole: For Kubrick, whose previous work consisted of a few documentary shorts and two ultra-low-budget features. This film got Hollywood's attention.
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