This movie is adapted from the short story by Ernest Hemingway. However the story being short only tells the first twenty minutes of the movie. The movie provides the backstory.
In the movie two hit men arrive in a diner in Brentwood, New Jersey asking after a an man named Ole' Anderson otherwise known as the Swede. The Swede works as a pump attendant at the local garage and the people in the diner, where Ole' is known to take his meals have no idea why hit men would be looking for him. When warned that they are searching for him he appears to be resigned to his fate stating only that " he did something bad a long time ago."
The story is told from there as an insurance investigator looks into the murder as a life insurance policy is to be paid. Through a series of vignettes we learn the true nature of the murder.
Burt Lancaster plays Ole' Anderson in his film debut, Edmund O' Brien plays insurance investigator and Ava Gardner is the woman that causes all the trouble.
A fine movie that keeps you guessing.
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