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The Killer Is Loose (1956)

Directed by Budd Boetticher

Crime | Drama

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Overview

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole’s young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

Rated NR | Length 73 minutes

Actors

Joseph Cotten | Rhonda Fleming | Wendell Corey | Alan Hale Jr. | Michael Pate | John Larch | Dee J. Thompson | John Beradino | Virginia Christine | Paul Bryar | Brick Sullivan | Stanley Adams | Leon Alton | Don Beddoe | Gail Bonney | John Cliff | Richard Collier | Martha Crawford | Richard H. Cutting | John Dennis | Lawrence Dobkin | George Eldredge | Rudy Germane | Frank Gerstle | Tim Graham | William Hudson | Michael Jeffers | Carol Kelly | John Phillips | Stafford Repp | Arthur Space | Charles Wagenheim | Martha Wentworth

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/16/2013TVStreamingVideo on Demand6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Solid little manhunt flick. Good tension and drama. I like Joseph Cotten as the detective leading the case. Nice appearance by the skipper (Alan Hale)!

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