The Killers (1946)

  • NR
  • 08/28/1946 (US)
  • Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • 1h 43m

She's a match for any mobster!

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. 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.

Ernest Hemingway

Novel

Robert Siodmak

Director

Anthony Veiller

Screenplay

John Huston

Writer

Richard Brooks

Writer

Cast

Edmond O'Brien's headshot

Edmond O'Brien

Jim Reardon
Burt Lancaster's headshot

Burt Lancaster

'Swede' Andersen
Ava Gardner's headshot

Ava Gardner

Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker's headshot

Albert Dekker

Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene's headshot

Sam Levene

Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett's headshot

Vince Barnett

Charleston
Virginia Christine's headshot

Virginia Christine

Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert's headshot

Jack Lambert

'Dum-Dum' Clarke

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