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The Killers

Movie
1946
1h 45m
English
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Rating
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7.8
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The Killers (1946) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Edmond OBrien
Jim Reardon
Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Charles D Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (unc...
Jack Cheatham
Police Driver (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Fran (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
George Anderson
Jail Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Sam Ash
(uncredited)
Frank Baker
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Directed By: Robert Siodmak

Featured Comments/Tips

The_Argentinian says...
one year ago
I enjoyed the remake more than this.
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soonertbone says...
11 months ago
Great opening sequence, as the two hitmen look for the Swede in the small-town diner. From there we get a Kane-esque investigation into the Swede's backstory, especially as it concerns his relationship with Ava Gardner and a resulting double-cross with a payroll heist. Everything here is good, with occasional greatness, but doesn't always have the crackle you get from the period's best noirs. And I wish Gardner had a bit more to do.
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juliosoft says...
8 years ago
Paco Cinema, image 3.5/5 and sound 3/5, I liked more than the remake of 1964. That Ava Gardne
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
When two hit men arrive in the diner of a small town, they announce their intention to the owner of killing one of his customers - former boxer "the Swede" (Burt Lancaster). He manages to convince them that he would not be coming in that night, and so they leave to track him down. His friend, who wa More
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