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
00:06:20 You know the big Swede? Works over at that filling station?
00:11:14 Yeah. That's all right.
00:17:01 Wipe the windshield.
00:22:06 For the life of me, sir...
00:26:47 Sam!
00:31:52 - You were on the deck when the bell rang.
00:35:55 It wasn't my fault. Just one of those things.
00:39:29 She's beautiful.
00:43:29 Good night, Ginny.
00:47:00 He that raised up Jesus from the dead will also quicken...
00:50:36 I'm worried.
00:54:45 Who declared you in for the big slice?
00:58:28 joined the incoming day shift at the Prentiss factory.
01:01:24 Except...
01:04:18 We ought to. We've been over it often enough.
01:07:47 - Will he be able to talk anymore? - He's dead now, except he's breathing.
01:12:35 Thought the room might still be empty.
01:17:07 Yeah.
01:21:07 Not so far.
01:24:02 We got some unfinished business.
01:28:46 that has a memory for faces.
01:32:09 But I just had to come to you, Swede, and tell you.
01:38:07 It's Dum-dum.
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 line01:38:07
Production Record
DirectorRobert Siodmak
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes24,658