The Killers (1946)

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Director: Robert Siodmak

Plot: 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.

Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride

Rating: 7.4 ⭐