An early noir piece starring Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster, partly on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. besides being Burt’s first role, it was also William Conrad’s first credited role, being on of the killers. Two killers come to the small town of Brentwood and kill “The Swede” (Lancaster), The rest of the film is in flashback mode as life insurance investigator Jim Reardon (Edmond O’Brien), unfolds the story leading up to the Swede’s murder.
