Punks like these use fear and intimidation to get what they want. Bright boy down counter? Well I've known guys in the Marine Corps with those same innocent ordinary looks who were well trained killers and far worse than these two thugs!
Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS so much for posting all of this 40's noir classic. A top notch flick in every dept: cast, script, etc. You've MADE my day & my week! CHEERS, mate! :-)
@jmarcguy - BTW, "He Walked by Night" featured a young actor named Jack Webb in a minor role. He used this film as inspiration for the later classic, "Dragnet."
I saw "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" when I was 14 & though it was a comedy, was hooked on noir. Yrs later I see "The Killers" & hear the same music score! Awesome!
I love this movie, watching the bad-ass hitmen acted by William Conrad and Charles McGraw at their best. But boy, Brentwood might not be a hot town for booze and nightlife, but it certainly is surly: Nick Adams (Phil Brown) barking "Ketchup!" to the diner's owner and then the angry hungry customer who growls "Why don't you get a new cook? Aren't you running a lunch counter or not!"In some restaurants in Canada, I'd have been punched in the nose if I had done that!
And before that (TV) WIlliam Conrad was the original Matt Dillion in Gunsmoke on the radio. You can listen to them by going to archives dot org website. They are great.
This is a great film for so many reasons. One such reason, I would argue strongly, is that it is among the first American films to be obviously inspired by Citizen Kane. Consider the plot structure and shot composition. Both films involve an investigator (Kane's is a reporter, this film has an insurance man) interviewing various people in order to uncover the facts of a dead man. The latter film borrows much of the deep focus photography used in the former (although the use isn't as drastic)
OMG! I totally love & adore Burt Lancaster! Thank you soo much -- this is the 1st time I've seen anything on YT connected with him at all! He & my older brother bore a striking resemblance -- only 4 years apart. '46 was one yr. B-4 my birth but I'd never heard of this movie. My brother's & my 1st great movie mem'ry was Elmer Gantry! Oh my whatta GUY was Beautiful Burt L. n'ZenSum2! Th-U! /^_~\\
3:04 The nonchalent yet terrifyingly confident delivery in which Charles McGraw says "gimme bacon and eggs" is what makes these two killers so frightening. What a badass!
3:11 "A said have you got anything to drink" is great too. What a great scene.
@Gomorrah0 I met Charles once many years ago. He looked as scary and mean then as he did in film, but was a real nice guy. My buddy and I chatted him up for a long while about this and other films like Spartacus and In Cold Blood.
virginia christian,went on to do a lot of Dragnet tv shows,dum-de-dum-dum. Conrad did alot of villain roles when he started,as did McGraw.the remake with r.reagan,lee marvin,john cassavettes,angie dickinson was HORRIBLE,a made for tv movie that was released in the theartres,Ronnies last film
@locatebob Simple. There has to be more to life than simply wanting to see all of one persons movies where he pretends to be someone else other than himself..
What a small and sheltered life you have lived. When I in solitary confinement, 4 walls was my life. When I lived in a bamboo hut on a primative tropical island in the S. Pacific, the sun, moon, and ocean were it. When I was in Harvard Business School, figuring out how to pay $1,000 a day was it. When I retired at 45 and moved to China, learning Chinese was it. After I married a lawyer & CPA 20 years younger than me, staying home everyday was it.
@locatebob My life certainly was not sheltered. I simply stated how sad it is when the only desire in life is to see all the movies one person made when they never even portray themselves. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. My life at present is full with little time for re-creation. tv, writing, researching and speaking engagements keep me busy. Thanks
Thanks for posting! The other guy with William Conrad is Charles McGraw and he's pretty awesome, especially in "The Narrow Margin" which is another film noir that fans should watch.
No mention yet in the comments about the two killers: did anyone recognize the one with the moustache? That was William Conrad, later known as the TV detective "Frank Cannon".
@wrght9185 - And before "Cannon" William Conrad had an even more important role in television history: the narrator for the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons!
@WSenator1 You're right. Conrad had a good career. He helped to bring us the mighty Bullwinkle. I agree with you on the importance of that! The Moose & Squirrel brightened up many a day for me, as I watched them after getting home from school. R. I. P. , William Conrad.
Listen closely to the music at the opening. Walter Schumann lifted the same harmonic progression for the Dragnet TV series. Miklos Rozsa sued and won the case. He allowed Schumann to keep his name attached to the TV show, but had to give Rozsa all the money!!
for a few minutes i thought i must've seen this movie when i was younger cause it seemed soo familiar, it was driving me crazy. then i realized in school i had read ernest hemingway's short story 'the killers"
Wow! What an exciting opening to a film. A classic Film Noir! Burt Lancaster is very impressive in his film debut. He and Ava Gardner are great together. And those two hit men are really scary. Very exciting. Thanks!
i will never understand why it is so dark at lunch time...
PersonAgent 3 months ago
@PersonAgent It's a lunchcounter but they serve dinner too - AFTER 6PM that is!
steveinchelsea 3 months ago
In today's world the customer would have sued the poor owner, bright boy.
peekaboots01 3 months ago
Punks like these use fear and intimidation to get what they want. Bright boy down counter? Well I've known guys in the Marine Corps with those same innocent ordinary looks who were well trained killers and far worse than these two thugs!
gjohnsoningary 4 months ago
Weird, I live in a city called Brentwood
TheHeroesofTomorrow 5 months ago
I got in the habit of calling everyone "bright boy" after i saw this film
aggressioncity 5 months ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS so much for posting all of this 40's noir classic. A top notch flick in every dept: cast, script, etc. You've MADE my day & my week! CHEERS, mate! :-)
JubalCalif 5 months ago
i think the opening scene with the killers demanding food is what inspired a similar scene in "History of Violence" when the guy demanded coffee.
fightinside1 6 months ago
i heard that the theme in this movie was the basis for the dragnet tv series of the 1960s
elchoya100 9 months ago
Best Film Noir Ever made...
CraigSFiney 9 months ago
@CraigSFiney I'd put The Third Man and Double Indemnity above this, but The Killers is definitely one of the great ones.
jagovRUS 8 months ago
Best Film Noir Ever made...
CraigSFiney 9 months ago
Check "The Set-Up", "Out of the Past", "He Walked By Night", "T-Men" & "Hitchhiker" if you like noir. Just a few examples of this incredible genre!!!
jmarcguy 10 months ago
@jmarcguy - BTW, "He Walked by Night" featured a young actor named Jack Webb in a minor role. He used this film as inspiration for the later classic, "Dragnet."
WSenator1 7 months ago
I saw "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" when I was 14 & though it was a comedy, was hooked on noir. Yrs later I see "The Killers" & hear the same music score! Awesome!
jmarcguy 10 months ago
That's how you start a movie!
kharib76 10 months ago
I love this movie, watching the bad-ass hitmen acted by William Conrad and Charles McGraw at their best. But boy, Brentwood might not be a hot town for booze and nightlife, but it certainly is surly: Nick Adams (Phil Brown) barking "Ketchup!" to the diner's owner and then the angry hungry customer who growls "Why don't you get a new cook? Aren't you running a lunch counter or not!"In some restaurants in Canada, I'd have been punched in the nose if I had done that!
kenkristi01 1 year ago
Wow. These guys are pretty scary. But that one guy Did talk a little too much
Marcello777 1 year ago
The cinematography is this is underestimated. That scene is the diner is so well written, it reminds me of David Mamet's style, start at 2:07
SkyJamMusicVideos 1 year ago
And before that (TV) WIlliam Conrad was the original Matt Dillion in Gunsmoke on the radio. You can listen to them by going to archives dot org website. They are great.
blkchk 1 year ago
Thank you for sticking this up - The opening sequence is especially great.
stevedexteruk 1 year ago
This is a great film for so many reasons. One such reason, I would argue strongly, is that it is among the first American films to be obviously inspired by Citizen Kane. Consider the plot structure and shot composition. Both films involve an investigator (Kane's is a reporter, this film has an insurance man) interviewing various people in order to uncover the facts of a dead man. The latter film borrows much of the deep focus photography used in the former (although the use isn't as drastic)
Beck19781 1 year ago
liver and bacon??? yuck...hahaha
dslcification 1 year ago
Great film. Thanks for uploading!
keagleman21 1 year ago
This first part with the hitmen is as stiff and boring as Ernest Hemingway's "famous" short story. The rest of the movie is fantastic, though.
Cavalier223 1 year ago
@Cavalier223 What an idiotic statement. Even for YouTube, your comment was vapid and lazy.
OriginalRocketJock 1 year ago
0:28 - yeah! (This can also be heared in 'Abandoned' from 1949).
MeinNameistFriday 1 year ago
OMG! I totally love & adore Burt Lancaster! Thank you soo much -- this is the 1st time I've seen anything on YT connected with him at all! He & my older brother bore a striking resemblance -- only 4 years apart. '46 was one yr. B-4 my birth but I'd never heard of this movie. My brother's & my 1st great movie mem'ry was Elmer Gantry! Oh my whatta GUY was Beautiful Burt L. n'ZenSum2! Th-U! /^_~\\
evernetherall 1 year ago
Probably the best film noire of all time. It blew my sox off the first time I saw it
sealman546 1 year ago
3:04 The nonchalent yet terrifyingly confident delivery in which Charles McGraw says "gimme bacon and eggs" is what makes these two killers so frightening. What a badass!
3:11 "A said have you got anything to drink" is great too. What a great scene.
Gomorrah0 1 year ago 2
@Gomorrah0 I met Charles once many years ago. He looked as scary and mean then as he did in film, but was a real nice guy. My buddy and I chatted him up for a long while about this and other films like Spartacus and In Cold Blood.
keagleman21 1 year ago 2
now these are good movies, not like the shit they play today ; )
asuicidalfate7167 1 year ago
A great score by Miklos Rozsa
fillmorehagan 1 year ago
These two guys at the beginning are the most "noir" guys to every step on the silver screen.
bigfilmhat 1 year ago 2
The guy who played Nick is Phil Brown, who played Uncle Owen in the original Star Wars thirty years later. Crazy, huh?
km9OOO 1 year ago 2
Great opening scene
Tremense 1 year ago
great movie!
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vaSala1 1 year ago
virginia christian,went on to do a lot of Dragnet tv shows,dum-de-dum-dum. Conrad did alot of villain roles when he started,as did McGraw.the remake with r.reagan,lee marvin,john cassavettes,angie dickinson was HORRIBLE,a made for tv movie that was released in the theartres,Ronnies last film
TheJerseybull 2 years ago
thank you so much. I love Burt Lancaster and my only goal in life is to see all of his films.... :D
bappinardi 2 years ago 27
@bappinardi what a sad life you must lead if that's it!
shofaruk 1 year ago
@shofaruk What an ugly and mean thing to say.
By the way, who are you to say?
locatebob 1 year ago
@locatebob Simple. There has to be more to life than simply wanting to see all of one persons movies where he pretends to be someone else other than himself..
shofaruk 1 year ago
@shofaruk
What a small and sheltered life you have lived. When I in solitary confinement, 4 walls was my life. When I lived in a bamboo hut on a primative tropical island in the S. Pacific, the sun, moon, and ocean were it. When I was in Harvard Business School, figuring out how to pay $1,000 a day was it. When I retired at 45 and moved to China, learning Chinese was it. After I married a lawyer & CPA 20 years younger than me, staying home everyday was it.
What's your life?
locatebob 1 year ago
@locatebob My life certainly was not sheltered. I simply stated how sad it is when the only desire in life is to see all the movies one person made when they never even portray themselves. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. My life at present is full with little time for re-creation. tv, writing, researching and speaking engagements keep me busy. Thanks
shofaruk 1 year ago
@shofaruk
The statement was probably hyperbole.
psychkoala 1 year ago
@bappinardi sounds like you got a great life ahead of you.
nixsogutstudios 10 months ago
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such an awesome movie!
MrRyanWags 2 years ago
Great movie. Thanks for the upload.
wrght9185 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting! The other guy with William Conrad is Charles McGraw and he's pretty awesome, especially in "The Narrow Margin" which is another film noir that fans should watch.
IAmMySpatula 2 years ago 5
Yep. I spotted him. Don't forget his role in "Spartacus". Good actor.
wrght9185 2 years ago 3
I didn't know that! Haven't seen that film quite yet, but I'll get to it much faster now! :)
IAmMySpatula 2 years ago 2
No mention yet in the comments about the two killers: did anyone recognize the one with the moustache? That was William Conrad, later known as the TV detective "Frank Cannon".
wrght9185 2 years ago 3
@wrght9185 - And before "Cannon" William Conrad had an even more important role in television history: the narrator for the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons!
WSenator1 2 years ago 3
@WSenator1 You're right. Conrad had a good career. He helped to bring us the mighty Bullwinkle. I agree with you on the importance of that! The Moose & Squirrel brightened up many a day for me, as I watched them after getting home from school. R. I. P. , William Conrad.
wrght9185 2 years ago 9
@wrght9185 wow, how old are ya? oldo!! hahah, oldo, oldo, oldo!!!
nixsogutstudios 1 year ago
He was the voice of Marshall Dilon on radio's version of "GUNSMOKE".
johnnynoirman 1 year ago 2
Those two guys need a vacation!
classicguru79 2 years ago 4
i didn't reailze this was a hemingway story
Fieri01 2 years ago
Listen closely to the music at the opening. Walter Schumann lifted the same harmonic progression for the Dragnet TV series. Miklos Rozsa sued and won the case. He allowed Schumann to keep his name attached to the TV show, but had to give Rozsa all the money!!
adordunio1 2 years ago
It's really interesting to finally hear the true origins of the Dragnet theme!
Aeolis7 2 years ago 3
for a few minutes i thought i must've seen this movie when i was younger cause it seemed soo familiar, it was driving me crazy. then i realized in school i had read ernest hemingway's short story 'the killers"
laurenkendrick 2 years ago
Great scene, great cinema
Shadowcorporation 2 years ago
Now I understand why Miklos Rozsa is partly credited with composing the 'Dragnet' theme. It's evident in this opening score.
Aeolis7 2 years ago
Wow! What an exciting opening to a film. A classic Film Noir! Burt Lancaster is very impressive in his film debut. He and Ava Gardner are great together. And those two hit men are really scary. Very exciting. Thanks!
djuma77 2 years ago 2
WOW Im speechless thank you so much for uploading this great movie,really thanx again.
python130 3 years ago 2