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The Killers (1946)

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She's a match for any mobster!

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. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Siodmak
  • Profile picture of Edmond O'Brien
    Jim Reardon Edmond O'Brien
  • Profile picture of Burt Lancaster
    'Swede' Andersen Burt Lancaster
  • Profile picture of Ava Gardner
    Kitty Collins Ava Gardner
  • Profile picture of Albert Dekker
    Big Jim Colfax Albert Dekker
  • Profile picture of Sam Levene
    Lt. Sam Lubinsky Sam Levene
  • Profile picture of Vince Barnett
    Charleston Vince Barnett
  • Profile picture of Virginia Christine
    Lilly Harmon Lubinsky Virginia Christine
  • Profile picture of Jack Lambert
    'Dum-Dum' Clarke Jack Lambert

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Keywords

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  • new jersey
  • gas station
  • boxer
  • heist
  • femme fatale
  • film noir
  • murder
  • black and white
  • attempted robbery
  • insurance investigator
  • hemingway