The Killers

Director; Don Siegal
Starring; Lee Marvin, Clu Gallagher, Angie Dickenson, Ronald Reagen, John Casseavettes
Genre; Thriller
Year; 1964
Release; UK Cable tv

Nifty little thriller this. Made originally as part of a TV series, but deemed too strong, so released as a film. Based, very very loosley (ok, so it takes very little really) on an Earnest Hemingway short, this is quite a cute little story. Some pointers to how thing have changed, since the early 60's too. In one scene, a guy (Casseavettes) lies comatose in hospital, after having crashed his racecar and got a bit toasted. He wakes up, now, what does his friend, who has been keeping a bedside vigil do? fetch a doctor/ nurse? press the alarm button? no, he lights a cigarette and immediatly gives it to the patient! "Great, you're alive! Here, get cancer" Marvin is Marvin, and that makes this super-cool. Well worth seeking out on cable.