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The Killers

1946 film by Robert Siodmak
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The Killers
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Summary

The Killers is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,140 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Robert Siodmak[4]
  • Screenwriter: Anthony Veiller[5], John Huston[6], Richard Brooks[7], Ernest Hemingway[8]
  • Composer: Miklós Rózsa[9]
  • Genre: crime film[10], film noir[11], drama film[12], thriller film[13]
  • Based on: The Killers[14]
  • Cast member: Burt Lancaster[15], Ava Gardner[16], Edmond O'Brien[17], Sam Levene[18], Albert Dekker[19], Charles McGraw[20], William Conrad[21], Virginia Christine[22], Jack Lambert[23], Phil Brown[24], Jeff Corey[25], Queenie Smith[26], Bill Walker[27], Charles D. Brown[28]
  • Producer: Mark Hellinger[29]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[30]
  • Director of photography: Elwood Bredell[31]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Commons category: The Killers (film)[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[36], 100%[37]
  • Color: black-and-white[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39]
  • Publication date: August 28, 1946[40], August 30, 1946[41], January 17, 1947[42], October 16, 1950[43], September 18, 1946[44]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[45], Netflix[46]
  • Narrative location: New Jersey[47]
  • Film editor: Arthur Hilton[48]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director[49], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[50], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[51], Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[52]
  • Title: The Killers[53]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[54]
  • After a work by: Ernest Hemingway[55]

Why It Matters

The Killers has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did The Killers receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Ava Gardner Burt Lancaster Edmond O'Brien Ernest Hemingway film John Huston Miklós Rózsa Netflix New Jersey Richard Brooks Robert Siodmak United States William Conrad

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 38669
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  2. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 52023
    Filmová databáze film id → 19539
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  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Jack Otterson
    Publication date → +1946-08-28T00:00:00Z, +1946-08-30T00:00:00Z, +1947-01-17T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Anthony Veiller, John Huston, Richard Brooks +1
    Part of → National Film Registry
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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