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The Killers

Movie·1946·Crime, Mystery, Thriller·1h 43m·7.4 (438)·Directed by Robert Siodmak

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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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Edmond O'BrienEdmond O'BrienJim ReardonBurt LancasterBurt Lancaster'Swede' AndersenAva GardnerAva GardnerKitty CollinsAlbert DekkerAlbert DekkerBig Jim ColfaxSam LeveneSam LeveneLt. Sam LubinskyVince BarnettVince BarnettCharlestonVirginia ChristineVirginia ChristineLilly Harmon LubinskyJack LambertJack Lambert'Dum-Dum' Clarke

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