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Director: |
Don Siegel
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Starring: |
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Clu Gulager, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Kathleen O'Malley, Robert Phillips, Don Haggerty, Virginia Christine, Norman Fell, Claude Akins, Davis Roberts
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Genres: |
Film Noir, Drama, Crime, US Classics
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Origin: |
USA
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Certificate: |
M
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Aspect ratios: |
1.37 : 1
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Sound formats: |
Mono
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Running Time: |
93 min
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The Killers, sometimes marketed as Ernest Hemingway's The Killers, is a 1964 crime film released by Universal Studios. It is the second Hollywood adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short story of the same name, following a version made in 1946. It was directed by Don Siegel and stars Lee Marvin. It is notable for being Ronald Reagan's last film. At the time of its release, Marvin said that it was his favorite film.
Charlie (Marvin) and Lee (Clu Gulager) are well-dressed, professional hitmen hired to kill ex-race car driver Johnny North (John Cassavetes) — now working as a teacher at a school for the blind. Despite being warned in advance, North does nothing and allows the two men to kill him. Afterwards, Charlie, the older and more experienced of the duo, is bothered by the job. He and Lee decide to track down the people that knew North and find out why their victim didn’t run when he had the chance. This includes his mechanic and best friend Earl Sylvester (Claude Akins) and his lover Sheila Farr (Angie Dickinson).
The two killers piece together North's story. He fell in love with Sheila who convinced him to be the getaway driver for an armored car heist masterminded by her boyfriend Jack Browning (Reagan). The job goes wrong when Browning, finding out that what North did, decides to double cross the driver and eventually hire Charlie and Lee to kill him.
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