Double Feature
The Killers (1946)
Making his film debut in The Killers, Burt Lancaster, portrays Swede, a broken-down ex-fighter waiting in a sleazy room to be assassinated without resistance. Soon after, it becomes the job of insurance investigator Edmond O’Brien to discover why Swede had given up. He pieces together an elaborate look at a man who became the fall guy for gangsters and a seductive, unscrupulous woman (Ava Gardner). A taut Miklos Rozsa score (with a theme later used in Dragnet), an Anthony Veiller screenplay (with, uncredited, John Huston), and the brilliant artistry of director Robert Siodmak make this a stunning tale of cross and double-cross. (Universal Pictures)
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Writer
- Screenplay by Anthony Veiller from the story by Ernest Hemingway
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene
- Year
- 1946
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 103 minutes
Criss Cross
When you double-cross a double-crosser, it’s a Criss Cross! Genre master Robert Siodmak directs a pulse-pounding noir classic full of perilous passions and treacherous betrayals. When an armored truck driver (Burt Lancaster) is dangerously drawn back towards his ex-flame (Yvonne De Carlo), he becomes entangled in a high-stakes heist with her hoodlum husband (Dan Duryea).
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Writer
- Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs based on the novel by Don Tracy
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Richard Long
- Year
- 1949
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 88 minutes