Movie·1946·1h 43m
The Killers
She's a match for any mobster!
Directed By
Robert Siodmak
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Anthony Veiller, John Huston, Richard Brooks
Producer
Mark Hellinger
Cinematography
Elwood Bredell
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Editor
Arthur Hilton
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Region: INRent
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// cast
Cast
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Charles McGraw
Al
William Conrad
Max
Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Arthur Hilton
Editor
Mark Hellinger
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Anthony Veiller
Screenplay
John Huston
Writer
Richard Brooks
Writer
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