 |
The Killers (1964) | User Rating
(12 votes) |
|
|
• Quotes (3)
• Trivia (2)
• Plot Description
• Soundtrack
• Wallpapers
• Popularity
Original title: Killers, The
Running Time
1 hour, 33 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Revue Studios
Studio Universal
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Killers (1964)
• Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
• Der Tod eines Killers (1964)
|
Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense, Murder, Disturbing, Femme Fatale, Scams And Cons, Investigation, Thieves, Deception
Tagline: There is more than one way to kill a man!
Plot: Don Siegel's adaptation of the previously filmed Ernest Hemingway story stars Lee Marvin as professional hit man Charlie. After Charlie and colleague Lee (Clu Gulager) force their way into a school for the blind and kill Johnny North (John Cassavetes), one of the teachers, Charlie wonders why the victim offered so little resistance--and why he was paid so much for the job. He also recalls rumors that Johnny was mixed up in a million-dollar heist. They visit Johnny's former partner, Earl Sylvester (Claude Akins), and learn that he had been a race-car driver. Led astray by femme fatale Shiela Farr (Angie Dickinson) before a big race, he racked up his car, ending his driving career. Earl spots Shiela with the wealthy Browning (Ronald Reagan) and realizes that his friend's been set up. Shiela approaches Johnny, who's working as a mechanic, and persuades the driver to take a job as wheelman in a mail-truck robbery Browning's devised. She plans for the two of them to double cross Browning and take off with the money. The film is a lean and mean daylight noir, with an entertainingly sociopathic Marvin. Reagan is good in a villainous role he later regretted having done.
More Plot Descriptions
 |
Related Movies:
|
 Discussion forum for this movie
|
| |
|
| Directed by |
Don Siegel
Dirty Harry, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Escape from Alcatraz |
|
| Written by |
| Gene L. Coon
The Questor Tapes, No Name on the Bullet, Dragnet |
|
| Cast |
Lee Marvin
The Dirty Dozen, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Caine Mutiny |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | Clu Gulager
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, The Last Picture Show, The Return of the Living Dead | Claude Akins
Rio Bravo, The Caine Mutiny, From Here to Eternity | | |
[more] |
|
| Music By |
John Williams
Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
|
|
|
|
Mooviees.com is not the official site for this film.
All editorial views and opinions expressed here are for entertainment purposes only.
| Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]"Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld" [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome" [Friday, Nov 20, 2009]Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"? [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel" [Thursday, Nov 19, 2009]Justin Theroux Heads Into "Space" [Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009]Aurora and Platinum Adapting "Nightfall" [Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009] |
|
|
|
|
Movie Database
In Theaters
