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Movie
The Killers
Synopsis
The Killers, directed by Robert Siodmak, who received an Academy Award nomination, has long been considered the quintessential noir film: a character study of one man, Swede (Burt Lancaster), who because of betrayal and the love for a woman, Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) has lost the will to live and waits, alone in one room as his fate unfolds. The entire film, a masterfully edited and photographed series of flashbacks, is Swede's story, told from the perspective of Riordan (Edmond O'Brien) as he tries to find out the truth. This film established Ava Gardner as a major film presence. Siodmak uses shadows to mask her eyes, giving Kitty an evasive, mysterious quality and effectively keeping her true motivations in question. Burt Lancaster, in his film debut, gives one of his best performances, portraying the tough ex-boxer with simplicity and a stoic acceptance of fate that is unforgettable. Siodmark's hard, edged, moody direction of the excellent Oscar nominated screenplay by Anthony Veiller, makes The Killers one of the definitive film noir, and an involving, poignant, pipeful film.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster
- Ava Gardner
- Edmond O'Brien
- Albert Dekker
- Jeff Corey
- Sam Levene
- William Conrad
- Jack Lambert
- Virginia Christine
- Harry Hayden
- John Miljan
- Garry Owen
- Wallace Scott
- Queenie Smith
- Bill Walker
- Gabrielle Windsor
- Rev. Neal Dodd
- Charles McGraw
- Audley Anderson
- Vince Barnett
- Charles D. Brown
- Donald MacBride
- Phil Brown
- Harry Brown
- Beatrice Roberts
- Howard Freeman
- John Berkes
- John Sheehan
- George Anderson
- Charles B. Middleton
- Noel Cravat
- Vera Lewis
- Howard Negley
- Perc Launders
- Milton Wallace
- Nolan Leary
- John Trebach
- Ann Staunton
- Therese Lyon
- Jack Cheatham
- Ernie Adams
- Ethan Laidlaw
- Wally Rose
- Mike Donovan
- Sam Ash
- Al Hill
- Brooks Benedict
- William H. Ruhl
- Ernie S. Adams
- Edward Biby
- James Conaty
- Gino Corrado
- Oliver Cross
- Rex Dale
- Neal Dodd
- Anthony Veiller
- Ernest Hemingway
- Jack P. Pierce
- John Huston
- Miklós Rózsa
- Jack Otterson
- Edward Ray Robinson
- Martin Obzina
- Elwood Bredell
- Arthur Hilton
- Melville Shyer
- Vera West
- David S. Horsley
- Jack Brooks
- Bernard B. Brown
- Russell A. Gausman