The Killers
Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. In 1964, Don Siegel—initially slated to direct the 1946 version—took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature, which would prove too violent for American audiences in the wake of JFK's assassination.
Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager
- Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel’s autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
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Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager
- Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel’s autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- Lee Marvin
- Charlie Strom
- Angie Dickinson
- Sheila Farr
- John Cassavetes
- Johnny North
- Clu Gulager
- Lee
- Claude Akins
- Earl Sylvester
- Norman Fell
- Mickey Farmer
- Ronald Reagan
- Jack Browning
- Seymour Cassel
- Postal clerk
- Virginia Christine
- Miss Watson
Credits
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Produced by
- Don Siegel
- Screenplay
- Gene L. Coon
- Music score
- John Williams
- “Too Little Time” sung by
- Nancy Wilson
- Lyrics
- Henry Mancini
- Lyrics
- Don Raye
- Film editor
- Richard Belding
- Makeup
- Bud Westmore
- Art directors
- Frank Arrigo
- Art directors
- George Chan
- Technical adviser
- Hall Brock
- Director of photography
- Richard L. Rawlings