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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 121 1940s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
446 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert SiodmakDirector
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony VeillerScreenplay
- John HustonWriter
- Richard BrooksWriter
Cast
- Edmond O'BrienJim Reardon
- Burt Lancaster'Swede' Andersen
- Ava GardnerKitty Collins
- Albert DekkerBig Jim Colfax
- Sam LeveneLt. Sam Lubinsky
- Vince BarnettCharleston
- Virginia ChristineLilly Harmon Lubinsky
- Jack Lambert'Dum-Dum' Clarke
- Charles D. BrownPacky Robinson - Ole's Manager
- Donald MacBrideR.S. Kenyon
- Charles McGrawAl
- William ConradMax
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