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The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose
★ 6.7/10•1956•1h 13m•NR•Crime•Thriller

He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek 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.

Budd Boetticher · Director

Harold Medford · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 13m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 3, 1956

Actors

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Detective Sam Wagner

Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming

Lila Wagner

Wendell Corey

Wendell Corey

Leon 'Foggy' Poole

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Detective Denny

Michael Pate

Michael Pate

Detective Chris Gillespie

John Larch

John Larch

Otto Flanders

Dee J. Thompson

Grace Flanders

John Beradino

John Beradino

Mac

Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine

Mary Gillespie

Paul Bryar

Paul Bryar

Greg Boyd

Brick Sullivan

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Stanley Adams

Stanley Adams

Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

Leon Alton

Bank Robber (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

Don Beddoe

Mr. Freeman (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Gail Bonney

Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

John Cliff

John Cliff

Ed (uncredited)

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