Title from container. The Killers: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad. The Killers is from the story by Ernest Hemingway. Criss Cross: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Griff Barnett, Alan Napier, Esy Morales and his Rhumba Band. Criss Cross is based upon the novel by Don Tracy. Originally produced as two individual motion pictures in 1946 and 1948 respectively.
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Ernset Hemingway's The killers (1946, 103 min.) / Universal International; Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc. presents; screenplay by Anthony Veiller; produced by Mark Hellinger; directed by Robert Siodmak -- Criss cross (1948, 88 min.) / Universal-International presents; screenplay by Daniel Fuchs; produced by Michel Kraike; directed by Robert Siodmak.
Summary:
In The killers an insurance investigator interviews friends and enemys of a murdered man using their flashback memories to piece together the story of his life and the events leading up to his death. This release features the original theatrical trailer. In Criss cross an armored car driver carries on an affair with his ex-wife who's married to a ganster. To cover up when they get caught he convinces the husband that he met with her only to get his help in a robbery. This release includes the original theatrical trailer.
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