The Killers
Film noir, crime. An insurance company investigator while taking up a murder of a garage hand, reveals a complex of double crossing and crime.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Ole 'The Swede' Anderson, aka Pete Lund Burt Lancaster
- Kitty Collins Ava Gardner
- James Reardon Edmond O'brien
- 'Big Jim' Colfax Albert Dekker
- Lieutenant Sam Lubinsky Sam Levene
- Charleston Vince Barnett
- Lilly Harmon Lubinsky Virginia Christine
- Dum Dum Clarke Jack Lambert
- Packy Robinson Charles D. Brown
- R.S. Kenyon Donald Macbride
- Al, the killer Charles Mcgraw
- Max, the killer William Conrad
- [George, counterman] Harry Hayden
- [Sam, cook] Bill Walker
- [Nick Adams] Phil Brown
- [Brentwood police chief] Howard Freeman
- [Plunther, the coroner] John Berkes
- [Mary Ellen Doherty, 'Queenie'] Queenie Smith
- [Stella, Reardon's secretary] Ann Staunton
- [Joe Smalley] Garry Owen
- [timekeeper] Mike Donovan
- [doctor] John Sheehan
- [Jake the Rake] John Miljan
- [Blinky Franklin] Jeff Corey
- [Lou Tingle] Noel Cravat
- [Charlie] Wallace Scott
- [Ginny Bryson] Gabrielle Windsor
- [waiter] Milton Wallace
- [minister] Neal Dodd
- [paymaster] Harry Brown
- [assistant paymaster] Audley Anderson
- [doctor] George Anderson
- [Farmer Brown] Charles B. Middleton
- [Mrs Hirsch, landlady] Vera Lewis
- [conductor] Ethan Laidlaw
- [limping man following Kitty] Ernie Adams
- [police driver] Jack Cheatham
- [policeman] Howard Negley
- [policeman] Perc Launders
- [policeman] Geoffrey Ingham
- [man] Rex Dale
- [customer] Al Hill
- [waiter] Nolan Leary
- [waiter] John Trebach
- [motorman] William Ruhl
- [nurse] Beatrice Roberts
- [Pete] Michael Hale
- [bartender] Wally Rose
- [housekeeper] Therese Lyon
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Robert Siodmak
- Assistant Director Melville Shyer
Production
- © Universal Pictures Company
- Production Company Universal Pictures Company
- Presents Mark Hellinger Productions
- Produced by/a Mark Hellinger production Mark Hellinger
- Assistant to the Producer Jules Buck
Writing
- Screenplay by Anthony Veiller
- [Screenplay] John Huston
- [Screenplay] Richard Brooks
- From the story by Ernest Hemingway
Photography
- Director of Photography Woody Bredell
Special Effects
- Special Photography Effects by David S. Horsley
Editing
- Film Editor Arthur Hilton
Design
- Art Direction Jack Otterson
- Art Direction Martin Obzina
- Set Decorations Russell A. Gausman
- Set Decorations E.R. Robinson
Costumes
- Gown Supervision Vera West
Make-up
- Director of Make-up Jack P. Pierce
- Hairstylist Carmen Dirigo
Music
- Music Miklós Rózsa
- Music, "The More I Know of Love" Miklós Rózsa
- Lyrics, "The More I Know of Love" Jack Brooks
Sound
- Director of Sound Bernard B. Brown
- [Sound] Technician William Hedgcock
