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Rating: 8 stars

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parolee car chase Los Angeles California bank robbery

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Crime Wave (1953)

Directed by André De Toth

Crime | Film Noir | Drama

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, sleestakk

Overview

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

Rated NR | Length 73 minutes

Actors

Sterling Hayden | Gene Nelson | Phyllis Kirk | Ted de Corsia | Charles Bronson | Jay Novello | Nedrick Young | James Bell | Dub Taylor | Gayle Kellogg | Mack Chandler | Iris Adrian | Joe Bassett | Charles Cane | Timothy Carey | Fred Coby | Dennis Dengate | Eileen Elliott | Fritz Feld | Charles Ferguson | Diane Fortier | Kit Guard | Jim Hayward | Mary Alan Hokanson | Thomas E. Jackson | Fred Kelsey | Jack Kenney | Faith Kruger | Lyle Latell | Harry Lauter | Ruth Lee | Richard Lightner | Bert Moorhouse | Mary Newton | Shirley O'Hara | John Pickard | George Ross | Ted Ryan | Sandy Sanders | Bill Schroff | John Veitch | Shirley Whitney | Guy Wilkerson | Harry Wilson | Jack Woody | Hank Worden

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Viewing Notes

A really solid noir with the always great Sterling Hayden as a tough as nails policeman. A young Charles Bronson plays one of the three escaped convicts. The gorgeous Phyllis Kirk doesn’t have too much to do here, but she’s great to look at. I suspect she’s also a fine actress. I’ll have to try to track down more of her work.

The bank shootout is an amazing scene, as is one of the final fight scenes. Absolute chaos and highly charged!

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