The Killers
1946 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 24,658 VOTES · DIR. Robert Siodmak
Overview
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,584 lines
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00:00:49 THE KILLERS
00:06:24 If that's what he calls himself.
00:13:12 The killers came from out of town, and they were here looking for Lunn.
00:18:21 What's the matter, Swede? Are you sick?
00:23:03 She's gone!
00:27:31 Came from the 12th ward, right here in Philly.
00:32:47 Well, next time.
00:36:45 It was about six months before that that Ole and I
00:40:52 Big Jim has his time all booked up.
00:45:02 - Kitty... what is it? - I'm runnin' her in, Swede.
00:48:49 - How many? - Nine.
00:52:33 - I know your reputation. - What about my reputation?
00:56:15 - No offense. - No offense.
01:00:09 He is now in the Hackensack hospital
01:03:02 and our old friend Kitty Collins.
01:06:25 Nobody can cheat me and get away with it.
01:10:57 There goes a quarter of a million dollars!
01:16:19 What time?
01:20:07 Oh, it got lost or stolen or-
01:23:22 Yeah...Mmm-hmm.
01:28:27 that the company I work for is out.
01:31:56 What's up?
01:37:00 Cut your siren. We'll drive right up and hit the front door.
02:05:00 It's payable to you.
Cast & Characters
Burt Lancaster
Ole 'Swede' Anderson
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene
Police Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,584
Dialogue density15.4 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line02:05:00
Production Record
DirectorRobert Siodmak
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes24,658