The Killers
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7.4Two 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.
Released: 1946-08-30103 minDir: Robert SiodmakCrime, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
- Edmond O'Brien as Jim Reardon
- Burt Lancaster as 'Swede' Andersen
- Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins
- Albert Dekker as Big Jim Colfax
- Sam Levene as Lt. Sam Lubinsky
- Vince Barnett as Charleston
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.7/10
25,760 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 18 September 1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Killers
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Screenwriter
- Ernest Hemingway
- Cast member
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Categories
1946 American films1946 crime drama films1946 English-language films1946 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican crime drama filmsEdgar Award–winning worksEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilm noirFilms based on American short storiesFilms based on works by Ernest HemingwayFilms directed by Robert Siodmak