The Killers

A remake of The Killers (1946) which itself was inspired by the Ernest Hemingway short story. Told instead from the hitmen’s point of view, the killers decide to find out why their latest victim (a race car driver) “just stood there and took it” when they came to shoot him. They also figure on collecting more money. Ronald Reagan plays a rich, double-crossing financier. Lovely Angie Dickinson plays the femme fatale.