The Killers
Robert Siodmak: Dark Visionary
December 11 - 19, 2024
Burt Lancaster had his first role in Siodmak’s classically dark adaptation of a short story by Ernest Hemingway, who considered it the best movie ever made from his work.
The stellar debut of an American movie icon. Ernest Hemingway, author of the classic short story so chillingly recreated in the opening reel of Siodmak’s noir classic, always cited The Killers as the best movie ever made from his work. Burt Lancaster’s first movie role, as “the Swede,” begins only moments before his death. He knows it’s coming and he doesn’t try to run. What he did and why it used him up is told in jagged flashbacks as an insurance investigator (Edmond O’Brien) looks into the Swede’s haunted past. Ava Gardner shines darkly as quintessential femme fatale Kitty Collins.
4K Restoration by Universal Pictures from the 35mm Nitrate Original Negative and 35mm Nitrate Composite Fine Grain. Restoration services conducted by NBCUniversal StudioPost.
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