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The Killers

7.3/10

Rating

103 min

Runtime

1946

Release Year

Robert Siodmak

Director

Cast

Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene

Quick Synopsis

In a small diner, two hit men arrive looking for a man known as "the Swede." When they find him, the Swede is calm and does not resist, suggesting he anticipated their arrival. After the Swede is killed, an insurance investigator becomes suspicious because of the life insurance policy and begins to examine the case more closely. As the investigator uncovers details about the Swede's past, it emerges that he was deeply involved with a woman who may have persuaded him to participate in a bank robbery orchestrated by another man.

Detailed Synopsis of The Killers

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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