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  1. The Killers is a 1946 American film noir starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, and Sam Levene.

  2. 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.

  3. An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer's beneficiary. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Siodmak. Director. Burt Lancaster. Ole "Swede" Anderson, also known as Pete Lund. Ava Gardner. Kitty Collins. Edmond O'brien. James Riordan. Albert Dekker. "Big Jim" Colfax. Sam Levene. Sam Lubinsky.

  4. 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…

  5. 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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  6. 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...

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  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. The Killers, American film noir, released in 1946, that is considered a classic of the genre. It features Burt Lancaster in his breakthrough role. The film opens with two hit men fatally shooting Pete (“Swede”) Lund (played by Lancaster).

  10. Overview. Two 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.

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