Les Tueurs (1946)
The Killers
Réalisateur : Robert Siodmak
Scénaristes : Ernest Hemingway, Anthony Veiller, John Huston, Richard Brooks
Genres : Crime, Mystère, Thriller
102 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Universal International Pictures
Synopsis
Un soir, dans une petite ville qui traverse la route nationale, arrivent deux inconnus. Ils cherchent quelqu'un. Ce sont des tueurs à gages. Leur victime sera un autre inconnu, Pete Lunn, installé depuis quelque temps dans cette modeste bourgade et qui tient un poste d'essence. Pete Lunn, prévenu de leur arrivée, ne cherche cependant pas à s'enfuir et attend avec fatalisme qu'ils l'abattent. Mais Lunn avait souscrit à une assurance sur la vie.La compagnie d'assurance désigne l'un de ses détectives, James Reardon, pour enquêter sur cette affaire. Interrogeant les témoins et ceux qui ont connu Pete Lunn, Reardon reconstitue le puzzle mystérieux... la vie de Lunn, dit le "Suédois".
- Edmond O'Brien - Jim Reardon
- Burt Lancaster - 'Swede' Andersen
- Ava Gardner - Kitty Collins
- Albert Dekker - Big Jim Colfax
- Sam Levene - 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
- Charles McGraw - Al
- William Conrad - Max
- Jeff Corey - Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
- Gino Corrado - Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
- Frank McLure - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Howard Freeman - Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
- Charles Middleton - Farmer (uncredited)
- Queenie Smith - Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
- Jack Cheatham - Police Driver (uncredited)
- William Ruhl - Fran (uncredited)
- Ernie Adams - Hood with Cane (uncredited)
- George Anderson - Jail Ward Doctor (uncredited)
- Sam Ash - (uncredited)
- Frank Baker - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Oliver Cross - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Sam Harris - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Jack Lomas - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Jack Tornek - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- John Sheehan - Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)
- Brooks Benedict - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Mike Lally - Party Guest (uncredited)
- John Berkes - Mr. Plunther (uncredited)
- Edward Biby - Cafe Patron (uncredited)
- Robert Haines - Cafe Patron (uncredited)
- George Hoagland - Cafe Patron (uncredited)
- Florence Wix - Cafe Patron (uncredited)
- Harry Brown - Paymaster (uncredited)
- Phil Brown - Nick Adams (uncredited)
- James Conaty - Onlooker at Green Cat (uncredited)
- Noel Cravat - Lou Tingle (uncredited)
- Neal Dodd - Minister (uncredited)
- Mike Donovan - Timekeeper (uncredited)
- Dick Gordon - Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
- Nolan Leary - Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
- Michael Hale - Pete (uncredited)
- Harry Hayden - George (uncredited)
- Mark Hellinger - Man Drinking at Bar (uncredited)
- Al Hill - Disgruntled Diner Patron (uncredited)
- Jimmie Horan - Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Kenner G. Kemp - Passerby Outside Theatre / Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
- Paul Kruger - Reporter (uncredited)
- Ethan Laidlaw - Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Perc Launders - Policeman (uncredited)
- Howard Negley - Policeman (uncredited)
- Vera Lewis - Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
- Therese Lyon - Mrs. Grimes (uncredited)
- John Miljan - Jake the Rake (uncredited)
- Garry Owen - Joe Smalley (uncredited)
- Beatrice Roberts - Nurse (uncredited)
- Wally Rose - Bartender (uncredited)
- Wallace Scott - Charlie (uncredited)
- Ann Staunton - Stella (uncredited)
- Milton Wallace - Waiter (uncredited)
- Bill Walker - Sam (uncredited)
