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The Killers

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The Killers

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Murderers (S)

Original title

The Killers

Year

1964

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Don Siegel

Screenwriter

Gene L. Coon. Tale: Ernest Hemingway

Cast

Music

John Williams

Cinematography

Richard L. Rawlings

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Film noir. Mystery | Cop Movies. Crime. Remake

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Ernest Hemingway Adaptations

Synopsis

Ernest Hemingway's short story THE KILLERS was turned into two memorable films noir at the beginning and the end of the high period of the genre. The original 1946, directed by Robert Siodmak, version stars Burt Lancaster as "the Swede," an aging boxer who is brought in on for an underground job. The 1964 Don Siegel version stars Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager as a pari of gunmen scouring a seedy underworld.

Rankings Position

#49 Best Remakes in the history of film
#113 Best Film Noir Movies

Awards: 1965: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor (Lee Marvin)

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"Coon’s screenplay is burdened with affected dialog and contrived plotwork. Virtually nothing of the original Hemingway remains"

Variety Staff: Variety
"The Killers redux packs one lasting, significant, retrospective jolt of perversity that far eclipses any possible artistic intentions on the part of its creators though: the sight of future American President Ronald Reagan playing a baddie"

Chuck Bowen: Slant
"Siegel’s terse, seething, and stylish direction glows with the blank radiance of sheet metal in sunlight"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker

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100 My Favorite Noir Movies (46)

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