The Killers (1946)

The Killers is an American film noir in 1946. He is based in part on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway . The film was directed by Robert Siodmak .Burt Lancaster made ​​his film debut. Other actors were Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien and Sam Levene. John Huston wrote the screenplay.

Director Robert Siodmak was one of the major contributors to the film noir cycle, with a dozen films in this genre. He was a German emigrated to the United States and affected - along with other German directors - with his expressionistic style film largely the Hollywood productions.

The film follows during the first 20 minutes - the advent of the huurdoders who go in search of "the Swede" - Ernest Hemingway's true story. However, the rest of the film is entirely original. Hemingway biographer Carlos Baker, said that "The Killers" was one of the few film adaptations of his work that Hemingway could really appreciate. ==Story   == Two assassins arrive in small town to Ole Anderson "the Swede (Burt Lancaster) to find and kill. They follow him to an inn, where he let kill without resistance. The Swede had a life insurance policy, and that company employs Jim Reardon (Edmund O'Brien) to investigate the matter. Reardon develops a theory that the murder of the Swede would be an unsolved robbery are due wages paying the company. This crime would be set up by Colfax (Albert Dekker), including Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) was involved, a mysterious woman with whom the Swede had a relationship. Reardon working with Detective Levene, who was a childhood friend of the murdered. He devises a plan to capture the assassins and their client. ==Cast   ==
 * Burt Lancaster as Pete Lund / Ole "Swede" Andreson
 * Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins
 * Edmond O'Brien as Jim Reardon
 * Albert Dekker as "Big Jim" Colfax
 * Sam Levene as Lt. Sam Lubinsky
 * Vince Barnett as Charleston, cellmate of Swede
 * Virginia Christine as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky, the ex-girlfriend of the Swede and now Lubinsky's wife
 * Charles D. Brown as Packy Robinson, boxing manager Swede
 * Jack Lambert as "Dum Dum" Clarke
 * Donald MacBride as RS Kenyon, Rear Dons boss
 * Charles McGraw as Al
 * William Conrad as Max
 * Phil Brown as Nick Adams
 * Jeff Corey as "Blinky" Franklin
 * Harry Hayden as George
 * Bill Walker Sam
 * Queenie Smith as Mary Ellen Daugherty
 * Beatrice Roberts as Nurse
 * John Miljan as Jake the Rake
 * Vera Lewis as Ma Hirsch