Crime ·Thriller · United States of America · 1956 · 1h 13m

The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose poster
Director
Budd Boetticher
Cast
Joseph Cotten as Detective Sam Wagner Rhonda Fleming as Lila Wagner Wendell Corey as Leon 'Foggy' Poole Alan Hale Jr. as Detective Denny Michael Pate as Detective Chris Gillespie John Larch as Otto Flanders
Crew
Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography George A. Gittens — Editor Harold Medford — Screenplay John Hawkins — Story Ward Hawkins — Story Robert L. Jacks — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
prisonescapetrialrevengefilm noirinside manpolice detectivecourtroombank tellerescaped prisonerinnocent person killedbank robbery attempt
Key Collaborators
Budd Boetticher Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography George A. Gittens Editor Harold Medford Screenplay John Hawkins Story Ward Hawkins Story Robert L. Jacks Producer William Sarris Costume Design
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