
A Small Killing
1981, English. Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern.
A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid row crone.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 24 November 1981
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Burt Prelutsky
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A Small Killing runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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A Small Killing isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 November 1981. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Small Killing?
A Small Killing (1981) was directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and stars Ed Asner, Jean Simmons, Andrew Prine.