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Assassins Detective and mystery films United States Feature films United States Film noir United States Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Film and video adaptations Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Murder for hire Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Video recordings for the hearing impairedSummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003