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The Killers

1946 · 1h 43m · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States of America · Rated 16 (DE)

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.

Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Written by
Anthony Veiller, John Huston, Richard Brooks
Based on the novel by
Ernest Hemingway
Starring
Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker
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attempted robberyblack and whiteboxerfemme fatalefilm noirgas stationheisthemingwayinsurance investigatormurdernew jerseysmall town
Rating16 (DE)

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