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The Killers

The Killers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 30, 1946

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

User Score

73%

Original Title

The Killers

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Robert Siodmak

Description

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.