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Movie Info
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede" (Burt Lancaster). 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 (Edmond O'Brien), 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 (Ava Gardner) who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man (Albert Dekker).
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Robert Siodmak
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Producer: Mark Hellinger
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Writer: Ernest Hemingway, Anthony Veiller, Richard Brooks, John Huston
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures
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Production Co: Mark Hellinger Productions
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Sound Mix: Mono
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Aspect Ratio: 35mm
Cast & Crew

Burt Lancaster
Ole "The Swede" Andersen, Pete Lund

Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins

Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon (investigator)

Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax

Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky

Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

John Miljan
Jake the Rake (uncredited)

Vince Barnett
Charleston (Swede's cellmate)

Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson

Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon

Robert Siodmak
Director

Ernest Hemingway
Writer

Anthony Veiller
Screenwriter

Richard Brooks
Writer

John Huston
Writer

Mark Hellinger
Producer

Miklós Rózsa
Original Music

Elwood Bredell
Cinematographer

Arthur Hilton
Film Editing

Martin Obzina
Art Director

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Edward R. Robinson
Set Decoration

Carmen Dirigo
Hair Stylist

Jack P. Pierce
Makeup Department Head
Critic Reviews for The Killers
Audience Reviews for The Killers
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Apr 26, 2022Think of it as a mash up of "Citizen Kane" and "Double Indemnity". Maybe the ending isn't totally effective but it has one hell of a compelling opening and much of the middle section shades the characters in interesting ways.
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Mar 17, 2017Although the film is good, by 1946 this kind of story had been told dozens of times. 70 years on it's been told thousands of times.
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Jan 30, 2016We follow an insurance claims investigator who stumbles onto clues that lead the perpetrators of a high-profile armed robbery. Only there's a sad tale of desire and lust thrown into the mix, deception, and deceit with a kiss, and that's the gasoline that drives this dragster to its finish line, a view of the world that's ultimately black and white and icy cold.kevin w Super Reviewer
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Nov 15, 2013Lancaster's first big screen role is fabulous film noir punctuated by that very memorable bullet ridden opening scene. Far superior to the rubbish that Ronnie Reagan did in the 1960s.
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