THE KILLERS (1964)

The trailer for March 1964’s THE KILLERS. Directed by Don Siegel and written by Gene L. Coon, from a story by Ernest Hemingway. The film stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan, Norman Fell, John Cassavetes, Claude Akins, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, and Seymour Cassel.

The plot summary is as follows:

Two professional killers fulfill a contract hit on an auto mechanics teacher in a school for the blind but are surprised that he does not try to flee and appears to welcome his fate. Charlie Strom, the older of the two hit-men, wonders why they have been overpaid for the assignment, and when he finds out that the victim, Johnny North, a former Formula One race car driver, had been involved in a million dollar robbery, they decide to pursue the matter. They become convinced that discovering the identity of the man who hired them is the key to finding the stolen money as they search out North's past with brutal efficiency.

THE KILLERS (1964 version) is not currently streaming anywhere nor available for digital rental or purchase—but it is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Criterion.