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The Killers is a 1946 American film noir starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, and Sam Levene.Based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, it focuses on an insurance detective's investigation into the execution by two professional killers of a former boxer who was unresistant to his own murder.
The Killers: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker. Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Siodmak
- 1946-08-30
Don Siegel's crime drama mystery The Killers (1964) subverts your expectations from Robert Siodmak's 1946 film noir original adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short story with a cunning twist.
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- Lee Marvin
- Don Siegel
- Crime, Drama
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- Burt Lancaster
- Robert Siodmak
- Crime, Drama
Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. Its first screen incarnation came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in this archetypal masterpiece
- The Swede
Jul 6, 2015 · The Killers (1946) is exemplary film noir from Robert Siodmak, who, on the strength of three films—this, Phantom Lady (1944), and Criss Cross (1949)—stands beside his fellow European exiles Fritz Lang and Otto Preminger as one of noir’s crucial directors. The film is as nested with weird resonances as it is glamorous with obvious pleasures: Ava Gardner as lush and irresistible as a femme ...
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Killers, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The More I Know Of Love The song wasn't much but jaws dropped, as Kitty (Ava Gardner, her own vocal, her breakthrough role) made her first appearance, Swede (Burt Lancaster) falling hard, joined by Sam and Lily (Sam Levene, Virginia Christine) in The Killers, 1946.
