The Killers

1946 • 103 min

“She's a match for any mobster!”

★ 7.3 / 10 (430 votes)

Crime Mystery Thriller

Synopsis

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.

About This Film

The Killers is a 1946 crime, mystery, thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak. With a runtime of 103 minutes, the film has earned an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10 based on 430 votes on TMDB. The film stars Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene among its cast of 64 credited actors.

Cast

Edmond O'Brien

as Jim Reardon

Burt Lancaster

as 'Swede' Andersen

Ava Gardner

as Kitty Collins

Albert Dekker

as Big Jim Colfax

Sam Levene

as Lt. Sam Lubinsky

Vince Barnett

as Charleston

Virginia Christine

as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

Jack Lambert

as 'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Charles D. Brown

as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

Donald MacBride

as R.S. Kenyon

Charles McGraw

as Al

William Conrad

as Max

Jeff Corey

as Blinky Franklin (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Restaurant Chef (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Howard Freeman

as Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

as Farmer (uncredited)

Queenie Smith

as Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

as Police Driver (uncredited)

William Ruhl

as Fran (uncredited)

Crew