The Killers (1946) is a landmark American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, adapted from Ernest Hemingways short story. The film follows an insurance investigator unraveling the past of a man who passively awaits his own murder, revealing a web of betrayal, greed, and doomed romance. With its fractured timeline, shadow-heavy visuals, and fatalistic tone, it stands as one of the defining works of classic noir cinema.

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The Man Who Wanted To Die...

Ernest Hemingways spare, laconic short story about two professional killers and their encounter with a mysteriously unresisting victim was significantly expanded into this all-time film noir classic, which Hemingway said was the first adaptation of his work that he really admired.

As washed-up boxer turned hitman victim Ole Swede Andreson, Burt Lancaster made his screen debut, and was catapulted to instant stardom, not least for the screen chemistry that he showed opposite sultry Ava Gardner, whose Kitty Collins is the very personification of the femme fatale.

German émigré Robert Siodmak was one of the filmmakers who helped create film noir, and Elwood Bredells high-contrast cinematography, all harsh lighting and long shadows, elevates the film far above a conventional crime drama. But even on that level its a first-rate demonstration of how to maintain narrative tension, with the flashback structure withholding crucial details until almost the very end.

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Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.

Special Features

Gorgeous new High Definition digital transfer of the film

Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

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