The Killers (1946)

08/30/1946 (US) • 1h 43m

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

small town

new jersey

gas station

boxer

heist

femme fatale

film noir

murder

black and white

attempted robbery

insurance investigator

hemingway

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