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The Killers

Not who you're looking for? Others named The Killers: American musical group; rock band · short story by Ernest Hemingway · 1964 film by Don Siegel · short story by Charles Bukowski, published in the 1973 short

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The Killers is a 1946 American film noir starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien and Sam Levene. Based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, it focuses on an insurance detective's investigation into the execution by two professional killers of a former boxer who was unresistant to his own murder. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it featured an uncredited John Huston and Richard Brooks co-writing the screenplay, which was credited to Anthony Veiller. As in many film noir, it is mostly told in flashback.

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1946 · 1h 43m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

TMDB 7.4/10 (442 votes)

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

Directed by Robert Siodmak

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Robert SiodmakDirector

Edmond O'Brienas Jim Reardon

Burt Lancasteras 'Swede' Andersen

Ava Gardneras Kitty Collins

Albert Dekkeras Big Jim Colfax

Sam Leveneas Lt. Sam Lubinsky

Vince Barnettas Charleston

Virginia Christineas Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

Jack Lambertas 'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Charles D. Brownas Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

Donald MacBrideas R.S. Kenyon

Charles McGrawas Al

William Conradas Max

Jeff Coreyas Blinky Franklin (uncredited)

Gino Corradoas Restaurant Chef (uncredited)

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Not who you're looking for? Others named The Killers: American musical group; rock band · short story by Ernest Hemingway · 1964 film by Don Siegel · short story by Charles Bukowski, published in the 1973 short

The Killers is a 1946 American film noir starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien and Sam Levene. Based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, it focuses on an insurance detective's investigation into the execution by two professional killers of a former boxer who was unresistant to his own murder. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it featured an uncredited John Huston and Richard Brooks co-writing the screenplay, which was credited to Anthony Veiller. As in many film noir, it is mostly told in flashback.

Read the full article →

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1946 · 1h 43m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

TMDB 7.4/10 (442 votes)

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

Directed by Robert Siodmak

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