The Killers Movie Review 1946

Classic film noir based on a Hemingway story. Lancaster's film debut comes as an ex-boxer, "The Swede," who's murdered in a contract hit. Insurance investigator Jim Reardon (O'Brien) reconstructs the young man's life, discovering his involvement with crime boss Big Jim Colfax (Dekker) and double-crossing femme fatale Kitty Collins (Gardner). So Reardon sets out to set up Colfax and Kitty. Rosza's musical score may sound familiar--it was later used on the TV series "Dragnet."

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Film Noir, Femme Fatale, Adapted from a Story, Hit Men/Women, Organized Crime, Books to Film: Ernest Hemingway, Insurance

Screenplay

Anthony Veiller, John Huston

Cast

Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Sam Levene, William Conrad, Charles McGraw, Virginia Christine

Cinematography

Elwood "Woody" Bredell

Director

Robert Siodmak

Music

Miklos Rozsa

Producer

Mark Hellinger, Universal International