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The Killers (released in the UK as Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers") is a 1964 American neo noir crime film. Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Don Siegel, it is the second Hollywood adaptation of Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 short story of the same name, following the 1946 version . The film stars Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson ...
The Killers: Directed by Don Siegel. With Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager. Surprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Don Siegel
- 1964-10-24
Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. In 1964, Don Siegel—initially slated to direct the 1946 version—took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature, which would prove too violent for American audiences in the wake of JFK's assassination.
- Charlie Strom
* Excerpt from Don Siegel's autobiography, A Don Siegel Film * A video interview with Siegel's biographer, Stuart M. Kaminsky *Production correspondence from the 1964 version, including memos from Siegel and broadcasting standards reports For more information about the DVD special edition of The Killers, visit The Criterion Collection web site.
- Donald Siegel, Milton Feldman
- Lee Marvin
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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Synopsis. Two professional hit men, the middle-aged Charlie (Lee Marvin) and the younger Lee (Clu Gulager), enter a school for the blind and terrorize the principal until she reveals the whereabouts of a teacher, 'Jerry Nichols' (John Cassavetes). As the hit men walk toward an upstairs classroom, the teacher receives a phone call from the blind ...
