Theatrical Poster

Official Trailer

Release Date

August 30, 1946

Running Time

103 minutes

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

The Killers

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede" (Burt Lancaster). 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 (Edmond O'Brien), 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 (Ava Gardner) who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man (Albert Dekker).

Starring

Burt Lancaster

Ava Gardner

Edmond O'Brien

Sam Levene

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