The Killers

The Killers

1946 · 105 min · EN · 7.4 (343 votes)
Dir. Robert Siodmak · Starring Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett · Music Miklós Rózsa

She's a match for any mobster!

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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.

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A smoky, rain-slicked dive into a doomed man's past. This is classic noir, where every shadow hides a secret and every femme fatale spells disaster. It's a slow, inevitable descent into a trap sprung long ago.

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