The Killing (1956) – Filming Locations
Crime / Thriller / Drama · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray
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.
Where was The Killing filmed?
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – The racetrack heist planning and surveillance sequences throughout the film. Primary filming location where Kubrick shot the majority of the crime drama's street scenes and establishing shots of the city
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – The climactic racetrack heist sequence and horse racing scenes. The actual racetrack served as the central location for the film's elaborate horse racing robbery sequence, the centerpiece of Kubrick's intricate plot