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The Killers
GERMANY · 1946

The Killers

Robert Siodmak
film noir murder mystery doomed love crime and betrayal investigation
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Synopsis

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 rob

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