The Killer Is Loose

Name: The Killer Is Loose
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1956-02-03
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr.

1956 · 1h 13m · Crime, Thriller · United States of America · Rated 16 (DE)

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.

Directed by

Budd Boetticher

Written by

Harold Medford

Story by

John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins

Starring

Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr.

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