Nominated for four Oscars, Robert Siodmak's The Killers expands on Hemingway's short story in classic film noir style, with a dense plot that ends in an unexpected double cross
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05/30/08
The Killers (1946)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:29
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.1/10
Synopsis: An insurance investigator digs up crime, betrayal, and a glamorous woman behind an ex-fighter's (and current gas-station attendant's) death. Classic Noir from a master of the craft, scripted from a... [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien, Ava Gardner, Sam Levene
Director: Robert Siodmak
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04/28/08
The definitve screen rendition of Hemingway's story.
04/08/08
Taken from Ernest Hemingway's story of the same title, picture is a hard-hitting example of forthright melodrama in the best Hemingway style. Performances without exception are top quality.
04/08/08
Top CriticIt's a classic by a supreme exponent of that genre, German emigre Robert Siodmak.
04/08/08
A near-classic of 40s film noir.
04/08/08
An example of film noir at its most expressive.
04/08/08
Top CriticIt’s one of the great films of disenchantment.
02/07/08
Only the first scene of Siodmak's classic film noir comes from the Ernest Hemingway short story; the rest is pure postwar fatalism from the pen of Anthony Veiller (and an uncredited John Huston).
02/17/06
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07/04/05
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01/16/05
Wonderful, sooty noir.
09/17/04
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08/13/04
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07/16/04
Siodmak's crafty direction emphasizes shadows, dark rooms and the feel of stale cigarettes, booze and general hoplelessness.
06/14/04
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05/30/03
As mere movie melodrama, pieced out as a mystery which is patiently unfolded by a sleuthing insurance man, it makes a diverting picture.
05/20/03
Top CriticSiodmak captures both the romance and world-weariness of the post-WWII film noir with consummate skill.
04/04/03
Effectively complex.
03/16/03
Is it any surprise that Reardon – for that matter any character of this sort – comes most alive when brandishing a gun?
03/09/03
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