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Academy Award Film Editing 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay) 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Film Editing 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay) 1947 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1947 · Nominated
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...