There are a few films that critics and film fans agree are classics in every sense of the word. THE KILLERS (1946) is one of these. An oft neglected, but extremely powerful film noir, it was directed by Robert Siodmak with a screenplay by Anthony Veiller from a short story by Ernest Hemmingway. Starring Burt Lancaster in his film debut, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O’Brien as Insurance Investigator Jim Reardon, THE KILLERS weaves a tale of a man who is passively responsible for his own fate, knowing that his past has finally caught up with him.

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