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The Killers

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The Killers
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NR,1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1946
Director:
Robert Siodmak
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Vince Barnett, Burt Lancaster, Charles D. Brown  ...more
Synopsis: The Killers uses Ernest Hemingway's short story as a springboard for a complex film noir. Two mysterious men (William Conrad and Charles McGraw) muscle their way into a small town and kill an aging boxer (Burt Lancaster, making his screen debut), who offers no resistance and seems to be welcoming his death. An insurance investigator (Edmond O'Brien) is hired to locate the beneficiary to Lancaster's policy, and in the course of his investigation reopens a long-dormant robbery case. In a series of ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Adapted (and expanded) by Anthony Veiller and an uncredited John Huston from Ernest Hemingway's story, Robert Siodmak's The Killers (1946) weaves a complex film noir tale of obsessive love and multiple double-crosses. Shrouded in shadows as he awaits and accepts his fate in the opening scenes, Burt Lancaster's ex-prizefighter Swede is already a mystery. Fragmentary flashbacks within flashbacks relate ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Vince Barnett
Charleston
Burt Lancaster
Ole "Swede" Anderson, Ole "Swede" Anderson (Pete Lunn)
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
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