Episode 347: The Killers (1946)

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The second film in our return to Film Noir moves us ahead two years and offers us a radically different story about an insurance salesman. This time around, it's the instincts of an investigator of the Atlantic Casual Agency that suggest a simple beneficiary payout might be something more than it seems, leading to a story about love, crime, betrayal, and justice! Directed by Robert Siodmak, the film stars Burt Lancaster (in his first starring role in a Hollywood film), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Donald MacBride, and introducing William Conrad! If Double Indemnity poured shade on the role of an insurance man, this film brings the occupation back out into the sunlight! Plus, the cinematic triumvirate reveal which famous big screen actress will be the focus of their next pairing!



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