The Killers
“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.
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Cast
64 people
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Hitch-Hiker
Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen
Known for
The Leopard
From Here to Eternity
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Known for
Earthquake
The Barefoot Contessa
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
The Wild Bunch
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Known for
Sweet Smell of Success
...And Justice for All
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Known for
Scarface
Brute Force
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
Day of the Outlaw
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Grapes of Wrath
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
High Sierra
Charles McGraw
Al
Known for
The Birds
The Narrow Margin
William Conrad
Max
Known for
Jake and the Fatman
Police Squad!
Robert Siodmak Director · Anthony Veiller Screenplay Richard Brooks Writer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release August 30, 1946 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 28, 1946
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · August 30, 1946
Theatrical
Brazil
March 4, 2015 · Physical · mj.gov.br - Rep. Arrais BR + IMDB
Denmark
March 17, 1947 · Theatrical
France
April 2, 1947 · Theatrical
Germany
October 14, 1946 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 17, 1947 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 17, 1946 · Theatrical
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