The Killers

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Criss Cross1949

Lancaster and director Robert Siodmak reunite for an even bleaker heist noir — a man who can see the trap closing and still can't stop walking into it.

But Very similar fatalistic mood and cast chemistry, so it may feel like more of the same rather than something new.

Double Indemnity1944

The insurance-investigator framing device done first and sharpest — the femme fatale blueprint, Wilder's razor dialogue, and a flashback structure that's note-perfect.

But Its voiceover narration is much more constant and overt than what you just watched; some find it talkier.

Out of the Past1947

Robert Mitchum plays a man who can't outrun a past entanglement with a woman who ruins everyone she touches — gorgeous, fatalistic noir at its most confident.

But The double-crosses pile up fast and the plotting gets genuinely knotty; blink and you'll lose the thread.

Not sure tonight? Get a pick in a minute, starting from The Killers

Cast

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  Edmond O'BrienJim Reardon
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  Burt Lancaster'Swede' Andersen
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  Ava GardnerKitty Collins
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  Albert DekkerBig Jim Colfax
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  Sam LeveneLt. Sam Lubinsky
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  Vince BarnettCharleston
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  Virginia ChristineLilly Harmon Lubinsky
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  Jack Lambert'Dum-Dum' Clarke
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  Charles D. BrownPacky Robinson - Ole's Manager
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  Donald MacBrideR.S. Kenyon
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  Charles McGrawAl
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  William ConradMax

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