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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.
The Killers: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker. Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Siodmak
- 1946-08-30
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…
- The Swede
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...
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- Burt Lancaster
- Robert Siodmak
- Crime, Drama
In a flashback, cop Lubinsky (Sam Levene) catches Kitty (Ava Gardner) in some hot jewelry, until Swede (Burt Lancaster) makes a blundering rescue, in Robert Siodmak's 1946 version of the Hemingway story, is the slipperiest of all film genres.
- Robert Siodmak, Melville Shyer
- Burt Lancaster
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Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede," who's expecting them. Insurance investigator Reardon pursues the case against the orders of his boss, who considers it trivial.
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