THE KILLERS (1946)
ROBERT SIODMAK
ClassicsThrillerLiterary ClassicsFilm NoirDetectives & Private EyesMurder MysteryRecommendedAde Tastics
Plot
Burt Lancaster makes his debut, in this adaptation of a short story by Ernest Hemingway, as Swede, a washed-up boxer who finds himself manipulated and double crossed thanks to the charms of femme fatale Ava Gardner. A definitively noir gangster film about an unusual contract killing that stands out thanks to Lancaster's performance as the lovesick palooka taken for a ride.