analysis - Why didn't Vincent and Jules kill Marvin? - Movies & TV

itemprop="text">

In Pulp Fiction, Vincent
and Jules killed all the guys at Brett's apartment for stealing the briefcase from
Marsellus Wallace but not
Marvin.

Why didn't Vincent and
Jules kill Marvin in Pulp Fiction?

Answer

It's never explicitly said in the film, but
if we listen closely the apartment scene we can understand Marvin was their informant
within that group. Here is the script of the scene.

Jules -
"We should have shotguns for this kinda deal."
Vincent
-
"How many are up there?"
Jules -
"Three or four."
Vincent -


"That's counting our
guy?"
Jules - "Not
sure."
Vincent - "So
that means there could
be up to five guys up there?"
Jules - "It's

possible."

When
Vincent says "That's counting our guy" Marvin was their guy
who's the informant. After shooting Brett and the others, Vincent says to Jules,
"Do you know this guy?" and Jules responds,
"Yeah". This is why they didn't shoot
him.