The Killers

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crime drama film film film noir

The Killers is a 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, that helped launch Burt Lancaster’s film career and is regarded as a classic of the genre.

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The Killers canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
author Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
basedOn The Killers (short story) ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Jim Reardon ⓘ
Kitty Collins ⓘ
cinematographyBy Woody Bredell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Siodmak ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Arthur Hilton ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Burt Lancaster ⓘ
includedIn National Film Registry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Ole "Swede" Andersen ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
notableFor expressionistic cinematography ⓘ
flashback narrative structure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Ava Gardner ⓘ
Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Edmond O'Brien ⓘ
preservedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
producer Mark Hellinger ⓘ
productionCompany Mark Hellinger Productions ⓘ
regardedAs classic of film noir ⓘ
releaseDate 1946-08-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Anthony Veiller ⓘ
setIn New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

small American town ⓘ
sourceMaterialPublicationYear 1927 ⓘ
starring Albert Dekker ⓘ
Ava Gardner ⓘ
Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Charles McGraw ⓘ
Edmond O'Brien ⓘ
Sam Levene ⓘ
William Conrad ⓘ
uncreditedScreenwriter John Huston ⓘ
Richard Brooks ⓘ

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Ava Gardner → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Burt Lancaster → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Don Siegel → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Don Siegel → directed → The Killers ⓘ
Charles McGraw → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Angie Dickinson → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Angie Dickinson → starredIn → The Killers ⓘ
Miklós Rózsa → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Ernest Hemingway bibliography → includesWork → The Killers ⓘ
Anthony Veiller → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Anthony Veiller → wrote → The Killers ⓘ
Nick Adams → appearsIn → The Killers ⓘ
Robert Siodmak → notableWork → The Killers ⓘ
Robert Siodmak → directed → The Killers ⓘ