Synopsis
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
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Cast
- Lee MarvinCharlie Strom
- Angie DickinsonSheila Farr
- John CassavetesJohnny North
- Clu GulagerLee
- Claude AkinsEarl Sylvester
- Norman FellMickey Farmer
- Ronald ReaganJack Browning
- Virginia ChristineMiss Watson
- Don HaggertyMail Truck Driver
- Robert PhillipsGeorge
Recommendations
- 88
Slant Magazine
The Killers redux packs one lasting, significant, retrospective jolt of perversity that far eclipses any possible artistic intentions on the part of its creators though: the sight of future American President Ronald Reagan playing a baddie in his last film role before entering politics. - 83
The A.V. Club
Though Siegel's The Killers dispatches Hemingway after six unfaithful minutes, its roundabout treatment seems truest to his spirit. - 80
The New Yorker
Siegel’s terse, seething, and stylish direction glows with the blank radiance of sheet metal in sunlight; the movie’s bright primary colors and glossy luxuries are imbued with menace, and its luminous delights convey a terrifyingly cold world view. - 80
The Observer (UK)
The movie defines the violent, complex persona that would make Marvin a star, and he's cast alongside the irresistibly alluring Angie Dickinson. - 80
CineVue
What stands out most in Siegel’s The Killers is its unfaltering commitment to pulp fiction. - 80
The New York Times
Don Siegel’s remake was hardly so well received, although it is in many respects a more vivid, streamlined, callous film. - 75
Chicago Reader
The second film version (1964) of Ernest Hemingway's short story, directed by Don Siegel with far more energy than Robert Siodmak could muster for his overrated 1946 effort. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Though the film does not stand up to the 1946 version with Burt Lancaster, it has its own pleasures, including Marvin's rather likable role of an assassin, the exciting robbery sequence, and, of course, the villainous Reagan getting his just desserts.
