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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The scene where the cook and counterman treat Adams report that Swede isn't login to run from the killers casually is omitted from the 1946 film.
* AffablyEvil: Blinky Franklin is a jovial guy and gracious host who tries to play peacemaker between Sweede and Dum-Dum and is among the few criminals who isn't shown trying to betray anyone.
* AffablyEvil: Blinky Franklin is a jovial guy and gracious host who tries to play peacemaker between Sweede and Dum-Dum and is among the few criminals who isn't shown trying to betray anyone.
* TheAlcoholic: Earl Sylvester (Johnny North's mechanic and best friend) in the 1964 film.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Swede names a hotel maid who talked him out of committing suicide as the begficiary of his life insurance policy.
* NothingPersonal: Dum-Dum's attitude when he recounts shooting [[spoiler:Blinky]].
* NumberTwo: Blinky Franklin to Big Jim in the 1946 film and Mickey Farmer to Browning in the 1964 film. [[spoiler:Doesn't stop either man from being betrayed by his boss]].
* TheOldConvict: Charleston in the first film, serving as a cellmate and mentor to Swede and coming out of prison wary enough to decline an opportunity to take part in another robbery.
* OneLastJob: In the 1964 film Charlie admits to Lee that he's getting weary of killing people and hopes if they find the money Johnny North stole he can pass the contract killing business onto Lee and then retire. [[{{Retirony}} Three guesses how that turns out]].
* NumberTwo: Blinky Franklin to Big Jim in the 1946 film and Mickey Farmer to Browning in the 1964 film. [[spoiler:Doesn't stop either man from being betrayed by his boss]].
* TheOldConvict: Charleston in the first film, serving as a cellmate and mentor to Swede and coming out of prison wary enough to decline an opportunity to take part in another robbery.
* OneLastJob: In the 1964 film Charlie admits to Lee that he's getting weary of killing people and hopes if they find the money Johnny North stole he can pass the contract killing business onto Lee and then retire. [[{{Retirony}} Three guesses how that turns out]].
* SecondLove: Lieutenant Lubinsky to Swede's ex-girlfriend Lily.
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** Swede's coach and trainer.
** Max and Al, the titular "killers." Taken UpToEleven in the 1964 version, where the killers, called Charlie and Lee here, fit very nicely into the VillainProtagonist
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* UngratefulBastard: Swede spends three years in jail for Kitty's crime but she isn't afraid to screw him over when he gets out of jail.
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* DumbMuscle: Swede is large and strong, but also quite the naïve bumpkin. Kitty has little trouble getting him to fall under her spell so that he takes the fall for her when she is caught wearing stolen jewels, and [[spoiler:steals the entire take from the hat factory payroll heist when she claims to want to escape from Big Jim, thereby allowing her to steal it back and escape ''with'' Big Jim]].
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** After an indirect flashback to the payroll heist itself (courtesy of a newspaper article), the next two flashbacks come from the dying "Blinky" Franklin. In the first, Big Jim and the Swede get into a fight over Kitty the night before the heist. In the second, the Swede shows up at the farmhouse at which the crooks are sharing out the loot, curses them out for not telling him the original meeting place had been changed, and takes the whole $254,912 for himself at gunpoint.
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** After an indirect flashback to the payroll heist itself (courtesy of a newspaper article), the next two flashbacks come from the dying "Blinky" Franklin. In the first, Big Jim and the Swede get into a fight over Kitty the night before the heist. In the second, the Swede shows up at the farmhouse at which the crooks are sharing out the loot, curses them out for not telling him the original meeting place had been changed, (a halfway house) burned down, and takes the whole $254,912 for himself at gunpoint.
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* {{Flashback}}: Eleven in all.
** Nick gets the first flashback, and the last chronologically. A man (Big Jim, though Nick doesn't know his name) pulls into the filling station where Nick and the Swede work; the Swede and the man seem to recognise each other, and the Swede calls in sick for the next several days.
** The second flashback, and next to last chronologically, comes from "Queenie" Daugherty, the unexpected beneficiary of the Swede's life insurance policy. In her capacity as a chambermaid at the hotel where the Swede and Kitty hide after the robbery, she finds him trashing his room, wailing "She's gone!", and trying to jump out of the window to his death before she talks him down.
** The next three flashbacks are the first three chronologically. Lt. Lubinsky remembers Swede breaking his hand in a fight, putting a premature end to his boxing career. His wife Lily, also the Swede's ex, remembers going to a party where he immediately falls head over heels for Kitty. And then Lubinsky remembers the Swede taking the fall for Kitty when she is caught wearing a stolen brooch, allowing himself to be sentenced to three years.
** The next two flashbacks are also the next two chronologically, told by the Swede's former cellmate, Charleston. He recalls the Swede showing him a green silk handkerchief with a golden harp on it, and ignoring his misgivings about why Kitty hasn't written. Then, he remembers running into the Swede again after their release from prison, when Big Jim tries to get them interested in the hat factory payroll heist; Charleston doesn't want to risk yet another prison sentence, but Kitty's presence is enough to entice the Swede.
** After an indirect flashback to the payroll heist itself (courtesy of a newspaper article), the next two flashbacks come from the dying "Blinky" Franklin. In the first, Big Jim and the Swede get into a fight over Kitty the night before the heist. In the second, the Swede shows up at the farmhouse at which the crooks are sharing out the loot, curses them out for not telling him the original meeting place had been changed, and takes the whole $254,912 for himself at gunpoint.
** Kitty gets the last flashback, which takes place after the fight between Big Jim and the Swede but before the heist. She tells the Swede that the halfway house burned down and that the other thieves weren't planning to tell him, and pleads with him to join her in stealing all of the money so that she can get away from Big Jim.
** Nick gets the first flashback, and the last chronologically. A man (Big Jim, though Nick doesn't know his name) pulls into the filling station where Nick and the Swede work; the Swede and the man seem to recognise each other, and the Swede calls in sick for the next several days.
** The second flashback, and next to last chronologically, comes from "Queenie" Daugherty, the unexpected beneficiary of the Swede's life insurance policy. In her capacity as a chambermaid at the hotel where the Swede and Kitty hide after the robbery, she finds him trashing his room, wailing "She's gone!", and trying to jump out of the window to his death before she talks him down.
** The next three flashbacks are the first three chronologically. Lt. Lubinsky remembers Swede breaking his hand in a fight, putting a premature end to his boxing career. His wife Lily, also the Swede's ex, remembers going to a party where he immediately falls head over heels for Kitty. And then Lubinsky remembers the Swede taking the fall for Kitty when she is caught wearing a stolen brooch, allowing himself to be sentenced to three years.
** The next two flashbacks are also the next two chronologically, told by the Swede's former cellmate, Charleston. He recalls the Swede showing him a green silk handkerchief with a golden harp on it, and ignoring his misgivings about why Kitty hasn't written. Then, he remembers running into the Swede again after their release from prison, when Big Jim tries to get them interested in the hat factory payroll heist; Charleston doesn't want to risk yet another prison sentence, but Kitty's presence is enough to entice the Swede.
** After an indirect flashback to the payroll heist itself (courtesy of a newspaper article), the next two flashbacks come from the dying "Blinky" Franklin. In the first, Big Jim and the Swede get into a fight over Kitty the night before the heist. In the second, the Swede shows up at the farmhouse at which the crooks are sharing out the loot, curses them out for not telling him the original meeting place had been changed, and takes the whole $254,912 for himself at gunpoint.
** Kitty gets the last flashback, which takes place after the fight between Big Jim and the Swede but before the heist. She tells the Swede that the halfway house burned down and that the other thieves weren't planning to tell him, and pleads with him to join her in stealing all of the money so that she can get away from Big Jim.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Swede is killed in the first fifteen minutes; the remainder of the film is about Reardon's efforts to find out who killed him.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Colfax]] lives long enough to tie up some loose ends for the police.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The astronomy lesson in the prison cell is a disaster. Not only is the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) nowhere near Orion, but the star Betelgeuse is improperly identified as the brightest star in the sky - however, Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is close to Orion. Nonetheless, those books weren't helping out as much as thought.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Colfax]] lives long enough to tie up some loose ends for the police.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The astronomy lesson in the prison cell is a disaster. Not only is the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) nowhere near Orion, but the star Betelgeuse is improperly identified as the brightest star in the sky - however, Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is close to Orion. Nonetheless, those books weren't helping out as much as thought.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The astronomy lesson in the prison cell is a disaster. Not only is the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) nowhere near Orion, but the star Betelgeuse is improperly identified as the brightest star in the sky - however, Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is close to Orion. Nonetheless, those books weren't helping out as much as thought.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions. Indeed Hemignway noted that the killers are "vaudeville twins" and designed as a comic two-man group.
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* FiveBadBand: The crew of the robbery.
** BigBad: Big Jim Colfax.
** TheDragon: Dum Dum Clarke.
** TheEvilGenius: Blinky Franklin.
** TheBrute: Swede Anderson.
** TheDarkChick: Kitty Collins (also the BigBadDuumvirate with Big Jim).
** BigBad: Big Jim Colfax.
** TheDragon: Dum Dum Clarke.
** TheEvilGenius: Blinky Franklin.
** TheBrute: Swede Anderson.
** TheDarkChick: Kitty Collins (also the BigBadDuumvirate with Big Jim).
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: The Hitmen in the 1964 film, are shocked by how Swede approached his death. Noting that he stood there and didn't run away or scream. It is this which leads them to investigate their own contract and unearth Swede's backstory.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: The Hitmen in the 1964 film, film are shocked by how Swede approached his death. Noting death, noting that he stood there and didn't run away or scream. It is this which leads them to investigate their own contract and unearth Swede's backstory.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is Swede's name Ole ''Andreson'' or ''Anderson''? Hemingway uses the former, the 1946 film uses the latter.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Max and Al, the titular "killers."
**" Taken UpToEleven in the 1964 version, where the killers, called Charlie and Lee here, fit very nicely into the VillainProtagonist trope.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Max and Al, the titular "killers.
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* InWithTheInCrowd: After his boxing career is over, Swede joins a group of criminals which opens up doors for him. His girl friend is not amused.
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* EmergingFromTheShadows: We first see Swede as he lies in his bed with his face hidden in the dark.
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Implied but not shown with the killing of the Swede who gets riddled with two magazines full of bullets.
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* TiredOfRunning: Even though he was warned that two hit men were after him, the Swede didn't do anything to protect himself. He just waited to be killed.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Colfax lives long enough to tie up some loose ends for the police.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Colfax [[spoiler:Colfax]] lives long enough to tie up some loose ends for the police.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Kitty and Big Jim, a.k.a. Mr. and Mrs. Colfax.
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* MortonsFork: In response being accused of having done a RevealingCoverUp, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
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* MortonsFork: In response being accused of having done a RevealingCoverUp, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.choice]].]]
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Colfax lives long enough to tie up some lose ends for the police.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The astronomy lesson in the prison cell is a disaster. Not only is the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) nowhere near Orion, but the star Betelgeuse is improperly identified as the brightest star in the sky - however, Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is close to Orion. Nonetheless, those books weren't helping out as much as thought.
* BathroomBreakOut: Kitty escapes through the pub's bathroom window.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The astronomy lesson in the prison cell is a disaster. Not only is the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) nowhere near Orion, but the star Betelgeuse is improperly identified as the brightest star in the sky - however, Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is close to Orion. Nonetheless, those books weren't helping out as much as thought.
* BathroomBreakOut: Kitty escapes through the pub's bathroom window.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Reardon flips over a table and hides behind it when the killers open fire on him.
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* KillEmAll: In the 1964 version all the main cast ends up dead.
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* OneLastSmoke: Colfax gets one at the end.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Swede. The greater part of the film is flashbacks of events months and years prior to his death.
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''The Killers'' is a 1946 FilmNoir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Creator/BurtLancaster, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. It is based on a 1927 short story by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
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''The Killers'' is a 1946 FilmNoir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Creator/BurtLancaster, Ava Gardner, Creator/AvaGardner, and Edmond O'Brien. It is based on a 1927 short story by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions.,
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The two killers hurl racial insults at Sam, the African-American cook. Hemingway was certainly hoping to invoke this by making his gangsters openly racist, because in 1927, a good number of his readership would have shared these attitudes.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions., Indeed Hemignway noted that the killers are "vaudeville twins" and designed as a comic two-man group.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions.
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* FountainOfExpies: The two killers introduced led to a slew of imitators of two-team bad guys with their own slang and dividual behaviour. In addition to the direct adaptations, there is ''The Lineup'' (also directed by Don Siegel), ''The Big Combo'' (where the hitmen are a barely disguised gay couple) and revived most fittingly in Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction with Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega.
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!! The Short Story provides example of:
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The point of the original story. The Swede knows he's going to die and listens to Nick Adams warning with resignation. He stoically accepts his coming end with "grace under pressure" (as per Hemingway's ethos).
* FauxAffablyEvil: The tension of the short story is the mask of civility and kindness maintained by two brutal hitmen before they exercise power on the Cafe and take them hostage and conduct their contract.
* FountainOfExpies: The two killers introduced led to a slew of imitators of two-team bad guys with their own slang and dividual behaviour. In addition to the direct adaptations, there is ''The Lineup'' (also directed by Don Siegel), ''The Big Combo'' (where the hitmen are a barely disguised gay couple) and revived most fittingly in Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction with Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega.
* ImpliedTrope: The Swede's death is never depicted or mentioned after Adams warns him, but it's clear that he will die. The film adaptations openly take this for granted and depict his death.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions.,
* VerbalTic: One of the hitmen calls Nick "bright boy"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The point of the original story. The Swede knows he's going to die and listens to Nick Adams warning with resignation. He stoically accepts his coming end with "grace under pressure" (as per Hemingway's ethos).
* FauxAffablyEvil: The tension of the short story is the mask of civility and kindness maintained by two brutal hitmen before they exercise power on the Cafe and take them hostage and conduct their contract.
* FountainOfExpies: The two killers introduced led to a slew of imitators of two-team bad guys with their own slang and dividual behaviour. In addition to the direct adaptations, there is ''The Lineup'' (also directed by Don Siegel), ''The Big Combo'' (where the hitmen are a barely disguised gay couple) and revived most fittingly in Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction with Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega.
* ImpliedTrope: The Swede's death is never depicted or mentioned after Adams warns him, but it's clear that he will die. The film adaptations openly take this for granted and depict his death.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The titular Killers were the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for this in modern fiction and inspired a slew of imitators in many stories and fictions.,
* VerbalTic: One of the hitmen calls Nick "bright boy"
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* AdaptationExpansion: Hemingway's short story only tells of two men who show up at a diner and reveal themselves to be hired killers with a contract to kill Swedish boxer Ole Andreson, a filling station co-worker of Nick Adams (a recurring character in Hemingway's short stories); Andreson does not show up to eat at the diner, as he usually does, so the killers leave and Nick tries to warn Andreson of the danger, but Andreson is resigned to his fate. The plot of Reardon's investigation into the murder and the payroll heist that led up to it was invented for the film.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Hemingway's short story only tells of two men who show up at a diner is rather small and reveal themselves limited in scope, and indeed the entirety of the story is faithfully recreated in the opening minutes of Siodmak's film. The rest of the movie greatly expands the backstory leading to be hired killers with a the contract to kill Swedish boxer Ole Andreson, a filling station co-worker of Nick Adams (a recurring character adding in Hemingway's short stories); Andreson does not show up to eat at a FemmeFatale and a BigBad. The 1964 film, borrows the diner, as he usually does, so basic plot of the Siodmak film but makes the killers leave and Nick tries to warn Andreson of the danger, but Andreson is resigned to his fate. The plot of Reardon's investigation into the murder and the payroll heist that led up to it was invented for the film.VillainProtagonist.
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* BettyAndVeronica: A hilariously brief dilemma. Swede and his sweet, pretty blonde girlfriend go to a party. While there, Swede sees the scorching hot Kitty across the room. He literally never looks at his blonde girlfriend again. After the girlfriend realizes that Swede is not looking at her or listening to her chatter, she leaves.
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* BettyAndVeronica: A hilariously brief dilemma. Swede and his sweet, pretty blonde girlfriend go to a party. While there, Swede sees the scorching hot Kitty across the room. He literally never looks at his blonde girlfriend again. After the girlfriend realizes that Swede is not looking at her or listening to her chatter, she leaves. Of course, the blonde girlfriend is shown in the film to have been HappilyMarried and settled down later, which is a better fate than that dealt to Ole Andreson.
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* MortonsFork: In response to the RevealingCoverUp, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
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* MortonsFork: In response to the being accused of having done a RevealingCoverUp, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
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'''''The Killers''''' is a 1946 FilmNoir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Creator/BurtLancaster, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. It is based on a 1927 short story by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
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In what alphabet does \"M\" come before \"L\" AND after \"R\"??
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* MoralEventHorizon: In the 1964 version, Charlie and Lee cross it in their EstablishingCharacterMoment: they terrorize and hit a blind lady.
* MortonsFork: In response to the RevealingCoverUp, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
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* PlotTriggeringDeath / PosthumousCharacter: Swede is killed in the first fifteen minutes; the remainder of the film is about Reardon's efforts to find out who killed him.
* RevealingCoverup: At the end, Reardon points out that [[spoiler:Colfax could have avoided having his part in the robbery and conspiracy uncovered all if he hadn't had Swede assassinated]]. However...
* MortonsFork: In response to the RevealingCoverUp trope above, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
* RevealingCoverup: At the end, Reardon points out that [[spoiler:Colfax could have avoided having his part in the robbery and conspiracy uncovered all if he hadn't had Swede assassinated]]. However...
* MortonsFork: In response to the RevealingCoverUp trope above, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
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* PlotTriggeringDeath / PosthumousCharacter: PlotTriggeringDeath: Swede is killed in the first fifteen minutes; the remainder of the film is about Reardon's efforts to find out who killed him.
* RevealingCoverup: At the end, Reardon points out that [[spoiler:Colfax could have avoided having his part in the robbery and conspiracy uncovered all if he hadn't had Swede assassinated]]. However...\n* MortonsFork: In response to the RevealingCoverUp trope above, [[spoiler:Colfax]] tells Reardon that after stumbling upon Swede, he carefully considered his options and realized they all looked pretty bad. [[spoiler:He could have left Swede alone, but this meant that someone else from the gang could have run into Swede in the same way he did, or Swede himself could have started wondering why no attempts on his life were made and started looking into things. He eventually decided that murdering Swede and then trying to tie up the loose ends as they revealed themselves appeared to be the less risky choice.]]
* RevealingCoverup: At the end, Reardon points out that [[spoiler:Colfax could have avoided having his part in the robbery and conspiracy uncovered all if he hadn't had Swede assassinated]].
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* PetTheDog: Applied literally in the 1964 version, where Lee pets a guide dog in the garden of a charity center for blind people... Just before terrorizing and hitting the crap out of a blind old lady.
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* PetTheDog: Applied literally in the 1964 version, where Lee pets a guide dog in the garden of a charity center for blind people... Just before terrorizing and hitting the crap out of a blind old lady.
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* MoralEventHorizon: In the 1964 version, Charlie and Lee cross it in their EstablishingCharacterMoment: they terrorize and hit a blind lady.
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* MoralEventHorizon: In the 1964 version, Charlie and Lee cross it in their EstablishingCharacterMoment: they terrorize and hit a blind lady.
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* BettyAndVeronicaDilemma: A hilariously brief one. Swede and his sweet, pretty blonde girlfriend go to a party. While there, Swede sees the scorching hot Kitty across the room. He literally never looks at his blonde girlfriend again. After the girlfriend realizes that Swede is not looking at her or listening to her chatter, she leaves.
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* BettyAndVeronicaDilemma: BettyAndVeronica: A hilariously brief one.dilemma. Swede and his sweet, pretty blonde girlfriend go to a party. While there, Swede sees the scorching hot Kitty across the room. He literally never looks at his blonde girlfriend again. After the girlfriend realizes that Swede is not looking at her or listening to her chatter, she leaves.
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* BettyAndVeronicaDilemma: A hilariously brief one. Swede and his sweet, pretty blonde girlfriend go to a party. While there, Swede sees the scorching hot Kitty across the room. He literally never looks at his blonde girlfriend again. After the girlfriend realizes that Swede is not looking at her or listening to her chatter, she leaves.
