A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 30, 1946
Original Title:
The Killers
Alternate Titles:
De doders
Die Killer
Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
Los asesinos
Oi dolofonoi
Qatillər
Rächer der Unterwelt
Genres:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16 DK: 15
Runtime: 103
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.
Additional Writing:
John Huston
Richard Brooks
Art Direction:
Martin Obzina
Jack Otterson
Assistant Director:
Melville Shyer
Costume Supervisor:
Vera West
Director:
Robert Siodmak
Director of Photography:
Elwood Bredell
Editor:
Arthur Hilton
Hairstylist:
Carmen Dirigo
Makeup Department Head:
Jack Pierce
Novel:
Ernest Hemingway
Orchestrator:
Eugene Zador
Original Music Composer:
Miklós Rózsa
Other:
Mark Hellinger
Producer:
Mark Hellinger
Production Office Assistant:
Jules Buck
Screenplay:
Anthony Veiller
Set Decoration:
Russell A. Gausman
Edward R. Robinson
Sound:
William Hedgcock
Sound Director:
Bernard B. Brown
Special Effects:
David S. Horsley
Stunts:
Gil Perkins
Writer:
John Huston
Richard Brooks
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